Bill Text: DE HR10 | 2017-2018 | 149th General Assembly | Draft


Bill Title: Recognizing April 28, 2017, As Workers Memorial Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Passed In House by Voice Vote [HR10 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2017-HR10-Draft.html

 

SPONSOR:  

Rep. Mulrooney & Rep. Brady & Rep. J. Johnson & Rep. Osienski & Rep. Potter & Rep. K. Williams

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 10

 

RECOGNIZING APRIL 28, 2017, AS WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY.

 

 

 

WHEREAS, on April 28, 2017, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations 

(AFL-CIO) and the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), along with trade unions around the county and the world, will observe Workers Memorial Day; and

WHEREAS, this day has been set aside every year since 1989 to honor and remember workers killed or injured on the job, and to recommit to the fight for safe and healthful workplaces for all; and

WHEREAS, despite the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on April 28, 1971, and great strides made to protect workers in the years since, the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics show that 4,836 workers were killed on the job in 2015; and

WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, and their allies will use this Workers’ Memorial Day to:

1.  Defend safety and health protections and workers’ rights 

2.  Support the passage of the federal Protecting America’s Workers Act to provide OSHA protection for millions of workers without it, stronger criminal and civil penalties for companies that seriously violate job safety laws, and improved anti-retaliation protections for workers who raise job safety concerns

3.  Increase attention to the safety and health of Latino and immigrant workers who are at a much greater risk of death and injury

4.  Ensure workers’ right to have a voice on the job and to freely choose to form a union

5.  Demand higher wages for workers;

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 149 th  General Assembly of the State of Delaware that we do hereby join with the AFL-CIO and AFSCME in observing April 28, 2017, as Workers’ Memorial Day and remembering those who have suffered and died on the job.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we encourage the AFL-CIO and AFSCME in their ongoing efforts to protect workers from injury, death, and unsafe working conditions.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitably prepared copies of this resolution be presented to the AFL-CIO in care of Richard L. Trumka, President, 815 Sixteenth Street, N.W, Washington, DC  20006 and Patrice Gilliam-Johnson, Secretary of Labor of the State of Delaware and Michael Begatto, Executive Director, Council 81 AFSCME, 91 Christiana Road, New Castle, DE  19720.

 

 

SYNOPSIS

This House Resolution recognizes April 28, 2017, as Workers Memorial Day.

 

 

 

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