Statue

Unknown building worker statue

Erection date: 11/10/2006

Inscription

On a bronze plaque attached to the front of the plinth:}
The building worker
For the thousands of building workers who have lost their lives at work, we commemorate you.
For the thousands of building workers who are today building and rebuilding towns and cities across the United Kingdom, we celebrate you.
UCATT - building together
Unveiled by Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London and Alan Ritchie, UCATT General Secretary, on the 11th October 2006.
Sculptor: Alan Wilson

Site: Unknown building worker statue (1 memorial)

E1, Tower Hill

Wreaths are laid here each year on April 28, International Workers Memorial Day, and a two minute silence is observed at noon in memory of those who have suffered fatal injuries in accidents at work. 

It seems no one is very happy with the location for this statue but it was the best that could be found.

But we've heard of a reason for this site being chosen.  Back in 1969 there was a nationwide May Day strike.  In London this included the Fleet Street newspaper workers and the dockers. These marched and converged here at Tower Hill.  It was an unofficial strike called in opposition to a white paper designed to curb unofficial strikes.  British Pathe news film.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Unknown building worker statue

Subjects commemorated i

Workers killed at work (builders)

The thousands of building workers who have lost their lives at work. Researc...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Unknown building worker statue

Created by i

UCATT

Trade union representing all building trades.

Read More

Ken Livingstone

Mayor of London from May 2000 - May 2008. Born Lambeth.

Read More

Alan Ritchie

UCATT General Secretary in 2006.

Read More

Alan Wilson

Sculptor based at Henley on Thames.

Read More

Nearby Memorials

6 Burlington Gardens - Milton

6 Burlington Gardens - Milton

W1, Burlington Gardens, 6

There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Lord Holland statue

Lord Holland statue

W8, Holland Park

Yet anonther lazy London statue - see Peabody for our log of all the seated statues that we've found. The sculpture is by Watts, with Bo...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Colonial Office - S04 - Peel

Colonial Office - S04 - Peel

SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office

Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Dias statue

Dias statue

WC2, Trafalgar Square, South African High Commission

Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthouse. Behind his lower half the niche is carved with some sche...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Islington Library - Spenser

Islington Library - Spenser

N5, Holloway Road, Islington Central Library

Spenser to the left; Bacon to the right. The frieze announces proudly 'Islington Central Library'. Above the keystone of the porch the da...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator