{"id":15106,"date":"2018-04-30T16:35:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=15106"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:46","slug":"unite-remembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=15106","title":{"rendered":"Unite remembers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite activists gathered at Tower Hill in London on Saturday (April 28), International Workers&#8217; Memorial Day, to pay tribute to those who&#8217;ve been killed or injured at work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15107\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iwmd-gail-cartmail-2018.jpg\" alt=\"iwmd gail cartmail 2018\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iwmd-gail-cartmail-2018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iwmd-gail-cartmail-2018-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers included Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail (pictured above) and Unite regional secretary Pete Kavanagh (pictured below) among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15109\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IWMD-2018-Pete-K.jpg\" alt=\"IWMD 2018 Pete K\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IWMD-2018-Pete-K.jpg 600w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IWMD-2018-Pete-K-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Unite members attended, mostly from the construction sector, including Daniela Dobos and Waly Coulibaly (pictured below).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15110\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iwmd-workers-2018.jpg\" alt=\"iwmd workers 2018\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iwmd-workers-2018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iwmd-workers-2018-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the event drew to a close, 30 black balloons were released into the air &#8212; each symbolising one worker who had died in the last year in the UK alone. Every International Workers Memorial Day and throughout the year Unite works with its members to put an end to workplace deaths and injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15111\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IWMD-2018-balloons.jpg\" alt=\"IWMD 2018 balloons\" width=\"423\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IWMD-2018-balloons.jpg 423w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IWMD-2018-balloons-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pics by: Mark Thomas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite activists gathered at Tower Hill in London on Saturday (April 28), International Workers&#8217; Memorial Day, to pay tribute to those who&#8217;ve been killed or injured at work. &nbsp; &nbsp; Speakers included Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail (pictured above) and Unite regional secretary Pete Kavanagh (pictured below) among others. &nbsp; &nbsp; Dozens of Unite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[290,921,516],"wps_subtitle":"International Workers Memorial Day in London, 2018","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26232,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106\/revisions\/26232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}