Bill Text: IL HR0252 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April 28, 2011 as Workers' Memorial Day in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0252 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0252-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Forty years after Congress passed the | ||||||
| 3 | Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), promising every | ||||||
| 4 | worker the right to a safe job, the protections in OSHA have | ||||||
| 5 | saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of | ||||||
| 6 | workplace injuries; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Nationally in 2007, despite current safety laws, | ||||||
| 8 | more than four million workers were injured and 5,488 workers | ||||||
| 9 | were killed due to job hazards; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, On April 28, 2011 organized labor will observe | ||||||
| 11 | Workers' Memorial Day all across the country to remember those | ||||||
| 12 | who have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight | ||||||
| 13 | for safe workplaces for all workers; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | the Illinois House of Representatives recognizes that as long | ||||||
| 17 | as there are workers seriously injured or killed on the job, | ||||||
| 18 | there will be a need to support stronger safety and health laws | ||||||
| 19 | in our State and country and will work to that end; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives will | ||||||
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| 1 | encourage the Illinois congressional delegation and President | ||||||
| 2 | Barack Obama to continue to revise, revamp and strengthen our | ||||||
| 3 | federal workplace safety laws and to properly fund OSHA | ||||||
| 4 | programs and staff; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives | ||||||
| 6 | offers its deep felt sympathy and understanding to the families | ||||||
| 7 | of workers who have been seriously injured or killed on the | ||||||
| 8 | job; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives | ||||||
| 10 | officially declares April 28, 2011 as Workers' Memorial Day in | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois.
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