If you are
in the London area we invite you to join us as we stand in solidarity with Doctors in
Unite and remember the dead while renewing our commitment to fighting like hell
for the living! If you are not in the London area, send a message of support via email (doctorsinunite59@gmail.com)
or twitter and Doctors in Unite will read these out
at the event.
From
Doctors in Unite:
Please join us at the Covid Memorial Wall
(Westminster bridge end), to remember
our colleagues who have died while
working on the front line to keep us safe
from the Covid-19 virus. Speakers
will include:
Jackie
Applebee (Doctors in Unite) Dave Carr (Unite rep and ICU
Nurse);
Shelly
Asquith (TUC National H&S Officer);
Colenzo
Jarett-Thorpe (Unite National officer for health);
Helen O'Connor (GMB, ex nurse and NHS union organiser);
Dr Meenal
Viz (campaigning NHS doctor); Dr Anna Livingstone (Barts Unite);
Sarah Byrne (teacher
NEU).
Most
workers don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They
die because employers decided their safety just wasn't that important. Covid
19 has caused the deaths of at least 2,129 health and social care workers in England
and Wales.
Protections
have been inadequate since the start, and even now most are refused protection against the main way the virus
spreads, through the air.
Other
essential workers, like bus and train drivers, shop workers, cleaners, security
guards, teachers, food industry workers and others have also paid a heavy
price due to the government's catastrophic handling of the pandemic.
Many have
2-3 times the death rate from Covid compared to managers, as do Black
and Asian workers.
This has to
stop, people should not have to risk their lives doing their jobs.
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