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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Building awareness and promoting a positive
3impression of construction trade crafts and enabling the
4development of a talent pipeline between the industry and the
5workforce of the future is important for the success of the
6industry; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Currently, Manufacture/Craft Your Future campaign
8members are scheduling presentation opportunities with
9regional chambers of commerce, Rotary Clubs, and other
10community groups as well as meeting with school district
11superintendents across St. Clair, Madison, and Monroe Counties
12to arrange presentations with teachers, guidance counselors,
13students, and parents; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Annually, a metro construction career expo is held
15by Southern Illinois Builders Association and the Southern
16Illinois Construction Advancement Program in Belleville to
17address an acute workforce shortage in the construction
18industry; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The construction industry workforce has thousands
20of individuals retiring in the coming years, which will create
21numerous openings within the industry in Illinois; it will be
22difficult to fill all the jobs unless the current and future

 

 

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1workforce is educated about the well-paid jobs that will be
2available; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5declare November 3, 2016 as Construction Craft Day in the State
6of Illinois to encourage citizens to learn more about careers
7in the craft of construction; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the Southern Illinois Builders Association CEO,
10Donna Richter.