Resolution of the San Francisco Labor Council for a State Wide Protest

of Injured and Disabled Workers On Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2005.

Whereas, injured and disabled workers are under growing attack in their efforts to receive healthcare for their injuries and their disabilities and,

Whereas, some workers injured on the job have committed suicide as a result of not receiving medication for their injuries and,

Whereas, the right to a healthy and safe environment and the enforcement of CAL-Osha regulations is also threatened by the proposed "restructuring" proposals of the State Administration and,

Whereas, the right to have healthcare for injured workers and disabled workers in California is a basic human right of all working people and,

Whereas, the state administration is seeking to undermine the protection of injured and disabled workers by the complete deregulation of workers' compensation and total subservience to the insurance industry and,

Whereas, the corporate media has ignored and censored the stories of injured and disabled workers who face the loss of their healthcare and the destruction of their lives and the lives of their families and,

Whereas, the need to unite all injured and disabled workers in California is critical in order to meet the challenge that they face and,

Whereas, the issue of healthcare is a right for all working people union and non-union in California and,

Whereas, the collapse of the privately run healthcare system and the escalating costs of healthcare insurance premiums threatens the rights of healthcare to all working people,

Therefore be it resolved this body support the call by the California Injured Workers Coalition, UAPD/AFSCME, The Chelsie Group and other injured workers organizations and health and safety groups as well as the San Francisco Labor Council to support the statewide protest on Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2005 at the capital in Sacramento for the defense of all injured and disabled workers and,

This body will support the demand healthcare for all working people by the implementation of Single Payer and,

Finally, this union or council will circulate this resolution to all California Labor Councils and Building and Trades Councils and all other affiliated bodies for concurrence and will seek to reach and support all injured and disabled workers so they can join this historic action to protect their rights.

This resolution is endorsed and supported by the following groups and organizations:

California Injured Workers Coalition, Inc.

UAPD/AFSCME

San Francisco Labor Council

The Chelsie Group