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2004 Convention Resolutions

Resolution No. 26

HEALTH AND SAFETY

WHEREAS, Over 80,000 Pennsylvania workers are injured on the job each year; and

Occupational Disease is notoriously undetected and no law requires monitoring or treatment for toxic chemicals except in rare cases; and

Employers can receive a 5% premium discount on their Workers’ Compensation costs for setting up a health and safety committee; and

”Operating” Health and Safety Committees are the best practice for reducing accidents and injuries in the workplace; and

Only 3,000 employers, out of over 250,000, have set up Health and Safety Committees and receive the 5% insurance premium reduction.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO work to strengthen the Department of Labor and Industry’s Workplace Safety Committee Program and support State and Federal legislation to compensate victims of occupational diseases.

Submitted by:

                        PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Referred to:               Health and Safety Committee

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