Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on International Workers Memorial Day - April

Clare Haughey (Rutherglen) (SNP):...Workers memorial day was established in America in 1970; the April date was chosen to mark the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which came into force on that day. After workers memorial day was recognised in Canada in 1985, and in other parts of the world, it was brought to the United Kingdom by Tommy Hart in 1992...

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