{"id":2882,"date":"2026-04-29T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:26:11","slug":"april-28-honouring-lives-lost-renewing-our-commitment-to-workplace-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/?p=2882","title":{"rendered":"April 28 : Honouring Lives Lost \u2013 Renewing our Commitment to Workplace Safety."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>On April 28th \u2013 National Day of Mourning, we paused to remember and honour the workers who lost their lives, were injured, or became ill as a result of their work. \u201cOne life lost is one too many.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64571-2048x768.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64383-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64383-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64383-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64383-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64383-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64383-rotated.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64400-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64400-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64400-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64400-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64400-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64400-rotated.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/64354.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>District 78 members and staff, stood alongside fellow IAM representatives, workers, and community partners at Toronto Pearson International Airport in an emotional ceremony to pay tribute to those we have lost. Together, we reflected, remembered, and renewed our commitment to protecting one another.<br>The impact of workplace tragedies reaches far beyond the job site\u2014it is felt deeply by families, friends, and communities. These losses remind us why vigilance matters, why safety measures must be followed diligently, and why we can never become complacent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 28th \u2013 National Day of Mourning, we paused to remember and honour the workers who lost their lives,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2887,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions\/2887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}