Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 27–Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

May 2, 2001

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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, 2001, as Workers Memorial Day in Nevada. (BDR R‑1529)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Designating April 28, 2001, as Workers Memorial Day in 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, This date is significant in that it is the anniversary of the

1-5  enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and trade

1-6  unionists around the globe now mark April 28 as an “International Day of

1-7  Mourning”; and

1-8     Whereas, Workers Memorial Day is not only a time to remember the

1-9  workers who have succumbed to an occupational disease or been injured or

1-10  killed on the job, but a time to renew the commitment to prevent these

1-11  tragedies in the future by supporting needed protections and defending the

1-12  promise of safe jobs for all workers; and

1-13     Whereas, The theme for Workers Memorial Day for this year is

1-14  “Mourn for the Dead. Fight for the Living. Stop the Pain”; and

2-1     Whereas, Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have

2-2  resulted in significant improvements in working conditions, but the toll of

2-3  workplace injuries, illness and deaths remains too high as, each year, more

2-4  than 60,000 workers die from job-related injuries and illnesses and another

2-5  6 million are injured; and

2-6     Whereas, Too often these tragedies and the devastation they cause for

2-7  these workers, their families and co-workers are quickly forgotten; now,

2-8  therefore, be it

2-9     Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

2-10  Concurring, That the 71st session of the Nevada Legislature hereby

2-11  designates April 28, 2001, as Workers Memorial Day, a day to honor and

2-12  remember the workers who have succumbed to occupational diseases or

2-13  been injured or killed as a result of work-related accidents; and be it further

2-14     Resolved, That the residents of the State of Nevada are hereby urged

2-15  to observe this day by recognizing the need for strengthening safety and

2-16  health protections in the workplace so that future workplace tragedies can

2-17  be prevented.

 

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