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| SENATE 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, 2010 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 SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Senate |
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| recognizes that as long as there are workers seriously injured |
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| or killed on the job, there will be a need to support stronger |
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| safety and health laws in our State and country and will work |
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| to that end; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate will encourage the |
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| Illinois congressional delegation and President Barack Obama |