Senate Bill sb1750

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 1750

    By Senator Wise





    5-1611-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing the week of March 29

  3         to April 4, 2005, as Merit Shop Construction

  4         Week in Florida.

  5  

  6         WHEREAS, the construction industry in Florida employs

  7  more than 404,000 men and women and is the fourth-largest

  8  industry in Florida according to the Florida Statistical

  9  Abstract, and

10         WHEREAS, total employment in the Florida construction

11  industry is more than double the state's cumulative employment

12  in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, and

13         WHEREAS, the construction industry has a minority

14  employment rate of 30.7 percent, and

15         WHEREAS, merit shop construction has a record of higher

16  workplace safety and lower fatality rates than union shops and

17  the industry average, and

18         WHEREAS, construction in Florida produces an annual

19  payroll in excess of $8.8 billion, and

20         WHEREAS, construction in Florida contributes nearly

21  $914 million in sales and use tax collected each year, and

22         WHEREAS, Florida's Constitution guarantees that "the

23  right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on

24  account of membership or nonmembership in any labor union or

25  labor organization," NOW, THEREFORE,

26  

27  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

28  

29         That March 29, 2005, through April 4, 2005, is

30  recognized as Merit Shop Construction Week in Florida.

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