BILL ANALYSIS Ó
HR 47
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Date of Hearing: June 26, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
HR 47 (Hernandez) - As Introduced: June 18, 2014
SUBJECT : National Tradesworker Day.
SUMMARY : Recognizes September 19, 2014, and the third Friday
of September each year thereafter, as National Tradesworker Day.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)National Tradesworker Day provides an opportunity to honor and
express our appreciation of our nation's skilled men and women
in the building and construction trades and other crafts whose
hard work allows our modern society to thrive.
2)These men and women contribute greatly to our state's
infrastructure, enable cities to grow, provide for a better
quality of life in their communities, and create economic
development that assists California in maintaining one of the
largest and most diverse economies in the world.
3)The men and women in the California building and construction
trades have fought many legislative, regulatory, and electoral
battles to strengthen and protect workers' health and safety
and fair local wage standards by establishing prevailing wages
on public works projects; which have produced one of the
strongest sets of workers protections laws in the entire
country for this industry.
4)Employers and workers, through long-established partnerships,
have created an apprenticeship system that invests
approximately $100 million annually to train the next
generation of skilled workers through state-approved
apprenticeship programs.
5)Despite the worst recession since the Great Depression, the
construction industry continues to provide young men and women
with an opportunity for a rewarding career in construction
with access to apprenticeship programs that are seeing a 92
percent graduation rate.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
HR 47
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REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800