International Workers Memorial Day – 28 April

Every year, Victorian Trades Hall Council hosts a memorial service to remember those Victorians who lost their lives at work.

Please join us on Monday 29 April for International Workers Memorial Day 2024 to commemorate the workers we’ve lost in the past year.

The ceremony will include a minute’s silence at 11am and an opportunity to lay wreaths.

The event will be live-streamed through the Victorian Trades Hall Council Facebook page, but all are encouraged to attend the ceremony at Argyle square in Carlton.

This year we’ll be holding a rally and silent vigil to commemorate our lost comrades on the steps of Parliament House at 9am on the 29^th followed by the annual commemoration service at the Pilgrim Uniting Church at 10am.

Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living rally – 9am, SA Parliament, North Tce, Adelaide

Commemoration Service – 10am, Pilgrim Uniting Church, Flinders St, Adelaide

UnionsWA will host a commemorative service for International Workers’ Memorial Day, to be held at Solidarity Park, corner Parliament Place and Harvest Terrace, West Perth, on Monday 29 April, from 10am until 11:30am.

A non-denominational service will be held and those who wish to are welcome to lay a wreath at Memorial Wall.

International Workers Memorial Day is a day of mourning to remember and honour workers who have lost their lives on the job. Join us at 9am on the 29^th of April at the National Workers Memorial in Kings Park. Our memorial service will be followed by a light breakfast.

Note: The service will go ahead if it is raining.

Raintree Park, Darwin City