Illinois & Iowa workers remembered for Workers’ Memorial Day

Brian Weckerly

April 29, 2024 at 11:11 PM

Illinois & Iowa workers remembered for Workers’ Memorial Day

Family and friends gathered in Illinois and Iowa to remember workers who lost their lives on the job.

Internationally recognized on April 28, Workers’ Memorial Day is in observance of when a federal law took effect to keep workers safe in the workplace. Our Quad Cities News Illinois Capitol Bureau correspondent Theodora Koulouvaris takes us to some of those observances.

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