28 April 2025
Mourn
for the
Dead
Fight
For the
Living
Every week in New Zealand 18 workers are killed as a consequence of work.
Every 15 minutes, a worker suffers an injury that requires more than a week off work.
Workers' Memorial Day 28 April commemorates those working people killed and injured at work.
Workers' Memorial Day is an international trade union movement that honours working people killed and injured because of their work. We honour all workers, and their whanau, who have been impacted by workplace accidents, illnesses, and injuries in the last year.
Workers' Memorial Day is also a call for protecting and improving the systems intended to keep workers safe and healthy at work.
In New Zealand, the number of workplace injuries, fatalities, and deaths from work-related health remain unacceptably high. Every week 18 workers are killed as a consequence of their work, every 15 minutes a worker suffers an injury that requires more than week off work.
Every one of these incidents are preventable.
Workers' Memorial Day Events 2025
Unions will be hosting #IWMD events across the motu, find one near you:
