LOCAL WORKERS HONORED

4/27/2006

A color guard including Randy Norton, foreground, of Local 14, United Auto Workers, joins in ceremonies honoring Toledo-area workers killed on the job. Theme of the

gathering yesterday at UAW Local 12 Hall on Ashland Avenue was Good jobs, safe jobs. Every year, about 6,000 people are killed in the workplace, according to organizers of the event, held two days before the 18th annual Workers Memorial Day sponsored by the AFL-CIO.