Covid-19 in work and died as a result. To mark International Workers' Memorial Day public buildings, including the SSE Hydro and Edinburgh Castle, will be lit up purple and the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and Scottish Hazards have written to councils to urge them to do the same.
Scottish Hazards chairman Scott Donohoe said ahead of the event that all health and safety laws should be devolved to Scotland due to what he described as "sustained ideological attacks on our health and safety regulations and our enforcement bodies".
The minute's silence, which is also intended to commemorate those who died from other work-related illnesses or injuries, will take place at 11am.Roz Foyer, the general secretary of the STUC, said: "In the.