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Workers Memorial Day, April 28, is the day each year families take the time to mourn workers killed or injured on the job. We reflect on how far we have come and the distance we have yet to go to make workplaces safer.

The news isn't good. In 2004, we saw the first increase in the national workplace fatality rate since 1994. Here in Arizona, there were 84 workers who died on the job; additionally there were 72,300 workers injured on the job. Across the nation, more than 5,700 workers were killed on the job, an estimated 50,000 died from occupational disease, and millions more were injured.

The tragedy at the Sago Mine in West Virginia, followed by tragedies at eight other mines, focused the nation's attention on the dangers faced by workers every day. The cameras won't be there to capture the thousands of workers who will die on the job this year or the millions who will be injured.

It is unacceptable that the Bush administration has turned its back on workers and workplace safety. Siding with corporate friends, they have overturned or blocked dozens of important workplace protections at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They also killed 17 rules under development at the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which include rules on mine rescue teams, self-contained self-rescue devices and emergency escape ways — all of which could have helped save the Sago miners.

Today please take a moment to join us in remembering the millions of hard-working Americans who go to work one morning and never return to their families at the end of the day. And remember it doesn't have to be this way. We will continue the fight until the promise of good, safe jobs is a reality for all workers.