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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Forty years after Congress passed the 
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Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), promising every 
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worker the right to a safe job, the protections in OSHA have 
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saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of 
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workplace injuries; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Nationally in 2007, despite current safety laws, 
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more than four million workers were injured and 5,488 workers 
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were killed due to job hazards; and

 


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    WHEREAS, On April 28, 2009 organized labor will observe 
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Workers' Memorial Day all across the country to remember those 
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who have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight 
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for safe workplaces for all workers; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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the Illinois House of Representatives recognizes that as long 
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as there are workers seriously injured or killed on the job, 
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there will be a  need to support stronger safety and health laws 
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in our State and country and will work to that end; and be it 
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further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives will 
 


 






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encourage the Illinois congressional delegation and President 
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Barack Obama to continue to revise, revamp and strengthen our 
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federal workplace safety laws and to properly fund OSHA 
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programs and staff; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives 
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offers its deep felt sympathy and understanding to the families 
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of workers who have been seriously injured or killed on the 
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job; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives 
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officially declares April 28, 2009 as Workers' Memorial Day in 
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Illinois.