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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The South Suburban Cook County casino license
3seeks to create quality skilled maintenance jobs with pay and
4benefits that meet or exceed the area standard and offer
5advancement through a higher learning entity accredited by the
6Illinois Community College Board and the Higher Learning
7Commission; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we urge the Governor to call a special session of the gaming
11board by March 1, 2021 to name the South Suburban casino
12license recipient; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That the recipient of the South Suburban casino
14license is urged to adhere to the following:
15        (1) Be neutral regarding the unionization of any of
16    its employees, such that the casino will not at any time
17    express a position on the matter of whether its employees
18    will be unionized and such that the casino will not
19    threaten, intimidate, discriminate against, retaliate
20    against, or take any adverse action against any employee
21    based on their decision to support or oppose union
22    representation;
23        (2) Provide any labor organization recognized under

 

 

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1    the National Labor Relations Act access at reasonable
2    times to areas in which the casino's employees work for
3    the purpose of meeting with the employees to discuss their
4    right to representation, employment rights under the law,
5    and terms and conditions of employment;
6        (3) Provide union recognition through a majority card
7    check verified by a neutral third-party arbitrator
8    mutually selected by the casino and the recognized labor
9    organization through alternate striking from a panel of
10    seven arbitrators, who are members of the National Academy
11    of Arbitrators, provided by the Federal Mediation and
12    Conciliation Services; and
13        (4) Within sixty days of the issuance of the casino
14    license enter into a Labor-Peace agreement with a
15    recognized labor organization that seeks to represent the
16    skilled maintenance employees and meets the requirements
17    of offered education stated here; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
19delivered to the Governor, the Illinois Gaming Board, and the
20Illinois Gaming Association.