
April 28 is the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. The National Day of Mourning was first declared in 1984 by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The date, April 28 was picked because it was this day in 1914 that the Workers’ Compensation Act received its third reading. In December 1990, the Workers Mourning Day Act was passed, officially recognizing April 28 as a National observance. When the CLC…