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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, All Americans should be paid a living wage for the
3 work they perform; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has recently enacted
5 legislation that will increase the minimum wage in this State
6 from its current level, in stages, from $6.50 per hour
7 currently to $8.25 per hour on July 1, 2010; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Many other American states have minimum wage
9 levels much lower than $8.25 per hour, making these states more
10 attractive for many employers to relocate to if they have
11 substantial needs for entry level employees; under current
12 Illinois law, those other states will be viewed as better
13 places for many employers to create jobs and hire new workers
14 at the expense of people living in Illinois; and
 
15     WHEREAS, As the United States forms a single marketplace,
16 all wage levels, including the minimum wage, should trend
17 towards a common level, including a nationwide minimum wage for
18 all American workers who are citizens or persons legally
19 entitled to work in the United States; and
 
20     WHEREAS, On a trip to Springfield, Illinois in November
21 2006, U.S. House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, incisively

 

 

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1 stated the concern, "Frankly, in my opinion this needs to be
2 national law so we don't have states competing with one another
3 on either going to the bottom on the minimum wage or going to a
4 level that makes them uncompetitive. It's much better to have a
5 national law."; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The efforts of the State of Illinois to provide a
7 living wage will be greatly strengthened if the nation as a
8 whole adopts a standard, adequate minimum wage that eliminates
9 competitive disparities on the minimum wage between states and
10 especially our neighboring states; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 the Congress of the United States should wield its
14 constitutional power to create a single common minimum wage, at
15 least at a level of $8.25 per hour by July 1, 2010, for the
16 United States of America; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That the common minimum wage should provide an
18 adequate hourly income for all American workers; and be it
19 further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate,
22 the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the United

 

 

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1 States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the
2 House of Representatives, and to each member of the Illinois
3 congressional delegation.