Event organizers highlight loss of life among workers on the frontline in the battle with COVID-19. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 7:45 pm, Apr. 28, 2021 × Mark Froemke, left, president of the Northern Valley Labor Council, speaks to attendees just before Ron Franz rings a bell in honor of workers who died on the job in 2020 during an event Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Bringewatt Park in Grand Forks. (Korrie Wenzel/Grand Forks Herald) The lives of people who died while on the job in 2020 – particularly those who died as a result of COVID-19 – were remembered at the annual Workers Memorial Service on Wednesday afternoon, April 28, at Bringewatt Park.