Workers' Memorial Week of Action, April 22-28

Targets to tweet at:

• @USDOL, @BLS_gov, @NIOSH, @NIOSH_TWH (total worker health), @NIOSHoilandgas, @NIOSHManuf, @OMBPress (re: silica rule), @USDA (re: poultry rule), and @wvgazette or @kenwardjr (re: mine safety).

Handles of groups that will be participating:

• Coaliton for Sensible Safeguards: @RegsRock
• Public Citizen: @Public_Citizen; @SafeWorkers; @Citvox
  
• Center for Effective Government: @foreffectivegov
• AFL-CIO: @AFLCIO
• National COSH: @NationalCOSH

Hash Tags:

#WMDay, #OSHA, #MSHA, #PoultryRule, #askUSDA, #workersafety, #I2P2, #silica, #whistleblower, #workplaceviolence, and #fracking.

Sample Tweets:

• Since 1970 and passage of #OSHA, 472,000 workers have been saved, but we can do more. Let’s keep #workersafety a priority and enforce laws
• This #WMDay, let’s honor the 4,609 workers who have died on the job in 2011 by strengthening #workersafety standards.
• In 2012, #OSHA inspected 2 of 65 fertilizer plants like one in West, Texas. With more inspections, we can prevent #workplaceviolence
• In 2011, avg 13 workers fatally injured on the job each day. @Whitehouse: we can do better. Stand for #workersafety bit.ly/149yXGo
• USDA #PoultryRule will endanger #workersafety and health. #askUSDA to stop rule and consider harm to workers bit.ly/149yXGo
• #FF to groups participating in #WMDay Twitterstorm. Together, we can keep our workers saferhttp://bit.ly/11kjUEE
• Fallen, but not forgotten. These were just some of the workers who have been killed on the job. #WMDay http://bit.ly/ZrKZsL
• Everyday in America 13 people go to work but never come home. ‪#workermemorialweek#WMDay #workersafety ‪pic.twitter.com/4pg8gSzOuA
• The tragic stories behind the statistics on worker deaths. New report from ‪@NationalCOSH:‪http://bit.ly/13stGGo  ‪#OSHA ‪#WMDay
• "A worker's first day at work shouldn't be his last day on Earth." - ‪#OSHA chief David Michaels‪http://bit.ly/11i375c  ‪#WMDay
• In US, worker fatality rate for ‪#Latinos is highest: 3.9 per 100,000 workers. ‪http://bit.ly/10bbNYz ‪#WMDay
• National report discusses health & safety issues for ‪#temp, ‪#immigrant, ‪#energy, & young workers ‪http://bit.ly/10bbNYz  ‪#WMDay ‪#OSHA
• No worker should have to pay the price of their life for their job. ‪#WMDay ‪http://ow.ly/kkWX6 
• "As companies decry regulations and emphasize profits over safety, workers pay the ultimate price." http://bit.ly/10bbNYz #WMDay

Blogs:

• AFL-CIO: 28-Year Inspection Gap at Deadly Texas Fertilizer Plant 'Stunning Indictment' of OSHA's Underfunding
• Center for Effective Government blogs: 

We Need Protection from Industrial Hazards in Our Communities
Honoring Workers With Stronger Standards and Safeguards

• NationalCOSH:

Day 1: Kicking Off Workers' Memorial Week of Action
Day 2: Protecting Temporary Workers and Remembering Day Davis
  Day 3: Worker fatalities accumulate in Bangladesh garment industry

• Public Citizen: This Workers' Memorial Day, "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the libing" (Mother Jones, 1925)

Other Resources:

AFL-CIO Workers' Memorial Day Toolkit

NationalCOSH Toolkit

NationalCOSH: Stories of Fallen Workers

NationalCOSH report: Preventable Deaths: The Tragedy of Workplace Fatalities