Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 54–Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Evans, Freeman, Gibbons, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Segerblom, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

April 28, 1999

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Designates April 28, 1999, as Workers’ Memorial Day in State of Nevada. (BDR R-1705)

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION—Designating April 28, 1999, as Workers’

Memorial Day in the State of Nevada.

1-1 Whereas, Since 1989, April 28 has been observed as Workers’

1-2 Memorial Day by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of

1-3 Industrial Organizations; and

1-4 Whereas, Workers’ Memorial Day is not only a time to remember the

1-5 workers who have succumbed to an occupational disease or been injured or

1-6 killed on the job, but a time to renew the commitment to prevent these

1-7 tragedies in the future; and

1-8 Whereas, This date is significant in that it is the anniversary of the

1-9 enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act; and

2-1 Whereas, Every year millions of workers, or approximately one worker

2-2 every 5 seconds, become a casualty of an occupational disease or are

2-3 injured or killed on the job; and

2-4 Whereas, Too often these tragedies and the devastation they cause for

2-5 these workers, their families and co-workers are quickly forgotten; now,

2-6 therefore, be it

2-7 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

2-8 Concurring, That the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature hereby

2-9 designates April 28, 1999, as Workers’ Memorial Day, a day to honor and

2-10 remember the workers who have succumbed to an occupational disease or

2-11 been injured or killed as a result of work-related accidents; and be it further

2-12 Resolved, That the residents of the State of Nevada are hereby urged to

2-13 observe this day by recognizing the need for strengthening safety and health

2-14 protections in the workplace so that future tragedies can be prevented.

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