Current Status Bill Number:711 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970429 Primary Sponsor:Hutto All Sponsors:Hutto Drafted Document Number:dka\4504mm.97 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970430 Subject:Workers' Memorial Day, April 28, 1997; Resolutions
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TO HONOR THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO DIED ON THE JOB BY DECLARING APRIL 28, 1997, "WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY".
Whereas, the working men and women of South Carolina have helped to build this State and keep the state's economy strong; and
Whereas, many workers die each year while performing their jobs or as the result of occupational diseases contracted or aggravated on the job, and thousands more are disabled or injured on the job; and
Whereas, in fiscal year 1996, thirty-two workers died in South Carolina while working, from causes as varied as electrocution, falls, and being struck by objects; and
Whereas, many of these workers died with little attention except for the families they left behind that loved and depended on them; and
Whereas, while the need for strong safety and health protections, strong standards of enforcement, and fair and just compensation for such deaths and injuries continues, these fallen workers, and other before them, must not be forgotten. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly honor the working men and women of South Carolina who died on the job by declaring April 28, 1997, as "Workers' Memorial Day".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Donna S. DeWitt, President of the South Carolina AFL-CIO.