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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
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
 
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
 
10     WHEREAS, On April 28, 2010 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
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Senate
16 recognizes that as long as there are workers seriously injured
17 or killed on the job, there will be a need to support stronger
18 safety and health laws in our State and country and will work
19 to that end; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate will encourage the
21 Illinois congressional delegation and President Barack Obama

 

 

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1 to continue to revise, revamp and strengthen our federal
2 workplace safety laws and to properly fund OSHA programs and
3 staff; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate offers its deep felt
5 sympathy and understanding to the families of workers who have
6 been seriously injured or killed on the job; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate officially declares
8 April 28, 2010 as Workers' Memorial Day in Illinois.