Bill Text: TX HR1686 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 25, 2013, as Workers' Memorial Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1686 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1686-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1686 |
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WHEREAS, Many individuals concerned for the safety of Texas | ||
workers are gathering at the State Capitol on April 25, 2013, in | ||
observance of Workers' Memorial Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, Workers' Memorial Day is an internationally | ||
recognized day of remembrance for men and women who have been | ||
injured or killed while performing their jobs, and this occasion is | ||
a solemn reminder of the crucial need to make workplaces safer; and | ||
WHEREAS, While the construction industry constitutes a key | ||
pillar of the Texas economy, employing more than one million | ||
workers and accounting for five percent of the state's economic | ||
output, the construction trade is the deadliest in the state; | ||
construction workers in Texas are 4.5 times more likely to be killed | ||
on the job than the average Texas worker, and although construction | ||
workers account for only 6 percent of the state's workforce, they | ||
make up 26 percent of total workplace fatalities; across the | ||
country, more workers die on the job in the construction industry | ||
than in any other sector, and more construction workers die in Texas | ||
than in any other state; and | ||
WHEREAS, Community organizations throughout the nation are | ||
working to create safer work environments; in the Lone Star State, | ||
the Workers Defense Project, based in Austin and Dallas, helps | ||
empower low-income employees by providing them with the resources | ||
they need to improve their working and living conditions; through | ||
its advocacy, grassroots organizing, and direct services, the WDP | ||
has educated workers and contractors about their respective rights | ||
and spurred regulatory agencies to increase their safety | ||
inspections; and | ||
WHEREAS, Workers in every field can safely perform their jobs | ||
if they receive the necessary training and equipment and if the | ||
highest standards of safety are upheld, and it is imperative that | ||
employers, employees, and organizations across the Lone Star State | ||
and the country work together to ensure that worker safety receives | ||
the attention and support that it deserves; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize April 25, 2013, as Workers' Memorial | ||
Day at the State Capitol and pay tribute to the men and women who | ||
have given their lives to build our great state; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Workers Defense Project as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Walle | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1686 was adopted by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||