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This Workers' Memorial Day, OPEIU honors the hundreds of thousands of workers who have lost their lives simply trying to make a living due to avoidable hazardous labor conditions.

For far too long, corporations have been willing to sacrifice our safety and health simply to boost their profits. We must stand together in opposing these backward priorities and demand stronger protections and adequate funding to OSHA.

According to the most recent data available, more than 380 workers died in the U.S. each day in 2024 from occupational hazards, with Black and Latino workers disproportionately impacted. Workplace safety risks for all workers are on the rise as OSHA funding continues to be slashed and child labor laws loosened at the state level.

The AFL-CIO's annual Death on the Job report, released today, notes that OSHA has the lowest number of inspectors in the history of the agency — only enough to inspect workplaces once every 191 years.

Let us never forget those who have lost their lives due to this injustice, and keep their memories alive through demanding permanent workplace safety reform to protect all workers.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL AFL-CIO REPORT

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Workers today are experiencing a technological, political and economic transformation of a scale not seen in at least a century, one bound to profoundly reconfigure our relationship with capital and power. If we want that reconfiguration to go in the favor of American workers, unions must aggressively stay ahead of the changes and seize the moment by being adaptable, uplifting workers’ voices and mobilizing behind a clear set of moral principles.

Due to the combination of our history, our diverse membership and our structure, I believe no one is more equipped to lead this charge than the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO.

When I became the president of OPEIU last year, I knew it was more than an opportunity to secure strong contracts for 90,000-plus Americans working in practically every industry. It was also one to ensure American workers leave this profound transformation with a greater share of the country’s wealth than they had before.