Florida Senate - 2010                             (NP)    SR 818 
 
By Senator Hill 
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1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution recognizing April 28, 2010, as “Workers’ 
3         Memorial Day” in Florida. 
4 
5         WHEREAS, 38 years ago, the United States Congress passed 
6  the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising every American 
7  worker the right to a safe job, and 
8         WHEREAS, unions and their allies have fought hard to make 
9  that promise a reality, winning protections that have saved 
10  hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of 
11  workplace injuries, and 
12         WHEREAS, despite these efforts, the toll of workplace 
13  injuries, illnesses, and death remains enormous, with 60,000 
14  American workers dying from job-related injuries each year and 
15  another 15.6 million workers injured on the job, and 
16         WHEREAS, the unions of the AFL-CIO are committed to the 
17  continuing struggle to make workers’ safety a priority and to 
18  keep and create good jobs in America, for American workers, and 
19         WHEREAS, America’s economy and the health and vigor of 
20  American society depend on the availability of decent jobs for 
21  American workers and on the safety of those jobs, NOW, 
22  THEREFORE, 
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24  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
25 
26         That April 28, 2010, is recognized as “Workers’ Memorial 
27  Day” in the State of Florida in honor of the many American 
28  workers who have suffered injury and death on the job, and in 
29  recognition of the work of the unions of the AFL-CIO to protect 
30  the safety of American workers and to secure the availability of 
31  decent jobs for Americans.