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    :: Sunday, April 25, 2004 ::

    28th APRIL 2004 International Workers Memorial Day UK construction event
    Strong unions Tough safety laws = Better Safety

    We should not forget those workers killed abroad, the construction of the Athens Olympic facilities has already claimed the lives of 10 construction workers. They are being built with non-union labour - we want this carnage to be stopped.

    At least 59 killed on UK construction sites this year and the year is not over.

    In 2003 the average fine for killing construction workers was less than $30,000 and no construction employer went to prison.

    Far from reforming the law on involuntary manslaughter and introducing a new offence of corporate killing, as promised in the New Labour 1997 and 2001 manifestos, they are again about to consult on this legislation and have made it clear their proposals do not involve directors being sent to prison - we want employers who kill workers jailed.
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