International Workers’ Memorial Day or Workers’ Mourning Day is held annually on April 28. It's a day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
Note that many of this year's services are being held on Monday 28 April. If you’d like to attend a service or receive updates, please fill out the form.
ACT
Canberra
Monday 28 April 2025 9am | National Workers Memorial, Kings Park
Join the ACT trade union movement as we honour and remember workers who have lost their lives while on the job. Light breakfast will be shared after a commemorative ceremony.
NSW
Newcastle
Monday 28 April 2025 12pm | Workers Memorial plaque at the Newcastle Foreshore, Wharf Rd
This event is hosted by Hunter Workers. International Workers Memorial Day serves as a reminder of the importance of workplace safety and the need for greater efforts to protect workers from harm. It is also a time to recognise the contributions and sacrifices of workers, and to renew the commitment to ensuring that all workers are able to work in safe and healthy conditions.
Sydney
Monday 28 April 2025 12pm | Reflection Park on Little Pier St, Darling Harbour
Commemorate the 2025 International Day of Mourning to remember those who have lost their lives through a workplace incident or because of contracting an occupational disease. The ceremony will have representatives from Unions NSW and SafeWork NSW, State Members of Parliament, religious representatives and family members who have lost a loved one.
Speak to your organiser about attending as there is limited capacity.
NT
TBC
QLD
Brisbane
Queensland Council of Unions invited you to attend this year's service to remember those injured or killed at work.
SA
Honouring Workers in South Australia
The Deceased Workers Memorial Forest, located in Adelaide’s North Park Lands, serves as a poignant tribute to workers who have lost their lives due to workplace incidents or illnesses. Established in 2016, the memorial features engravings that represent the number of workplace deaths in South Australia for the previous calendar year, offering a space for reflection and remembrance.
This living memorial underscores the importance of workplace safety and the ongoing efforts to protect workers’ health and well-being. It stands as a reminder of the lives lost and the collective responsibility to ensure safe working conditions for all.
Visit the website for more info
Adelaide
Unions will be assembling at Parliament House, North Terrace at 9am before marching to Pilgrim Uniting Church at 9:30am in support of the families of victims of workplace deaths as they arrive for the service.
TAS
Hobart
Each year, unions globally mark International Workers' Memorial Day to remember those workers who were killed or seriously injured at work. The day is also important to draw community attention to the importance of workplace health and safety, which requires our constant vigilance.
Unions Tasmania invites you to join us in our Hobart office on April 28 to mark the day.
Launceston
Unions Tasmania will host its traditional morning service on the day to honour Tasmanian workers who didn’t make it home. We invite all community members to join with us. A short service will be conducted with a free barbecue breakfast to follow.
VIC
Bendigo
Sunday 27 April 2025 9:30am | Bendigo Trades Hall, 40 View St, Bendigo
Our International Workers' Memorial Day service will be held in our Workers' Memorial Garden located at the rear of the Bendigo Trades Hall. The service will begin at 9:30am followed by some light refreshments provided by the Trades Hall.
Melbourne
Every year, Victorian Trades Hall Council hosts a memorial service to remember those Victorians who lost their lives at work. Please join us on Monday 28 April for International Workers Memorial Day 2024 to commemorate the workers we've lost in the past year. The ceremony will include a minute's silence at 11am and an opportunity to lay wreaths.
WA
Perth
This is the annual event we wish we didn't have to have. UnionsWA invites you to commemorate those workers killed and injured by attending our nondenominational service.
Terribly, three construction workers have been killed in WA in the space of a few weeks. Please join us to show your support for the many families, friends and co-workers who will be grieving as they remember a lost one.
Following a wreath laying, the service will conclude around 11:30 am. You are welcome to lay a wreath at the memorial wall.
This year we will reflect on asbestos disease in Western Australia. Although asbestos was banned over 20 years ago, it still takes too many lives and leaves a legacy risk in our built and natural environment.
