Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Labor To Highlight Workers' Memorial Day Ceremony In Jacksonville, FL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - April 21, 2016 - PRLog -- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Jordan Barab will highlight a list of VIP speakers at the Workers' Memorial Day ceremony to honor those workers who lost their lives in the work environment in 2015 at an event that will be held at 10:00 a.m. on April 27 at the Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Downtown Campus Auditorium at 101 West State Street.

The ceremony will feature a military honor guard with a reading of the names of those lives lost, including the Sea Star Lines Crew of El Faro, followed by a moment of silence.

Florida State Representative and president of the First Coast Manufacturers Association (FCMA) Lake Ray will introduce speakers, who include, in addition to Barab,

-       Brian Sturtecky, OSHA's Jacksonville Area Office Director

-       Dr. Charles Moreland, Mayor's Office

-       Gary Hollis, Governor's Jacksonville Office.

         The event is a joint project by safety partners in Jacksonville that include the Northeast Florida Safety Council, FCMA, the American Society of Safety Engineers, Florida State College at Jacksonville and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

The event is free to the public. For more information on the event, contact the Northeast Florida Safety Council at (904) 399-3119; or visit nefsc.org.


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