HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-109 RESOLUTION NO. 21-109
A RESOLUTION DECLARING APRIL 28, 2021 AS
"WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Every year thousands of workers are killed on the job in the United States, and millions
suffer injury or illness because of dangerous working conditions, resulting in a loss of 150
workers each day from hazardous working conditions.
2. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the inextricable link between workplace safety
and health and our communities. The virus has killed more than 500,000 people in this
country so far, devasting working families, with a disproportionate impact on people of color.
3. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the lack of resources and accountability for the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) to ensure workers are protected on the job.
4. Many workers never see OSHA in their workplace. Penalties are too low to be a
deterrent and workers are not adequately protected to speak out against unsafe working
conditions.
5. Concerned Americans are determined to prevent these tragedies by:
• Observing Workers Memorial Day on April 28, as a day to remember these
victims of workplace injuries and disease;
• Renewing our efforts to seek stronger workplace safety and health protections,
better standards, and enforcement, and fair and just compensation;
• Demand that Congress strengthen workplace safety agencies to renew their
promise to working people, and issue life-saving protections against workplace
preventable hazards that kill tens of thousands of workers each year.
6. Workers' Memorial Day is observed in nearly 100 countries with the core theme,
"Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida that this Board does hereby declare April 28, 2021 as "WORKERS MEMORIAL
DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 20th day of April 2021.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE • - FA!,RID A
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DEPUTY CLERK _ CH A R
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND
CORRECT!
COUNTY ATTOR Y