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House pauses to read names for Workers Memorial Day before adjourning
Summary
Members of the Iowa House took points of personal privilege to read the names of workers who died on the job over the past year as part of Workers Memorial Day observance; several representatives read lists of names and the House then adjourned.
Before adjourning on April 28, members of the Iowa House took points of personal privilege to observe Workers Memorial Day by reading aloud the names of workers who died on the job in the previous year.
Multiple members rose to continue the list and to ask the chamber to remember families who lost loved ones. Representative Cooley and others read names and brief circumstances for dozens of workers, citing causes including vehicle accidents, falls from elevation, electrocution and machinery incidents.
The chamber then completed routine business and adjourned. The readings were offered as memorial remarks rather than legislative action.
