Full Text of SR1753 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Good jobs are the foundation of a strong economy | 3 | | and a thriving society where the American Dream is within | 4 | | reach, the dignity of work is honored, families are nurtured, | 5 | | and communities can flourish; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, For many decades, the Nabisco plant (now owned by | 7 | | Mondelez International) on Chicago's Southwest Side has | 8 | | provided hundreds of jobs that have sustained working-class | 9 | | families and helped them to buy homes, educate their children, | 10 | | and give back to their communities, all while contributing to | 11 | | the success of its products and shareholders; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In recognition of the plant's importance to the | 13 | | Illinois economy, its then-owner, Nabisco Biscuit Company, was | 14 | | awarded State and city tax credits in 1993 in excess of $90 | 15 | | million as an incentive to stay in Chicago; as recently as | 16 | | 2013, Mondelez received a State EDGE tax credit conditional on | 17 | | the creation of 25 new jobs; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mondelez applied its EDGE credit to its facility | 19 | | in Naperville in a move that was legal at the time but enabled | 20 | | its massive disinvestment in Chicago as it added just 25 jobs | 21 | | in Naperville while preparing to eliminate 600 jobs - half of | 22 | | the workforce - at the Southwest Side Oreo plant and relocate |
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| 1 | | much of its production to Mexico; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Allowing EDGE beneficiaries to create or retain | 3 | | jobs at one Illinois location while moving many more positions | 4 | | out of the State from another location, thus avoiding their job | 5 | | creation and retention obligations, seriously undermined the | 6 | | core purpose of using public funds for economic development | 7 | | incentives; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Under Governor Bruce Rauner, the Department of | 9 | | Commerce and Economic Development has adopted a new policy | 10 | | whereby multiple facilities operated by EDGE recipients will no | 11 | | longer be considered separate entities, so corporations | 12 | | receiving tax credits cannot play a shell game with layoffs at | 13 | | taxpayer expense; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commend the Rauner | 16 | | administration for closing the EDGE credit loophole and urge | 17 | | the Governor and the Department of Commerce and Economic | 18 | | Development to continue working with the General Assembly to | 19 | | tighten accountability in all corporate incentive programs, | 20 | | ensuring taxpayers dollars are used to create good-paying jobs | 21 | | that sustain families and communities for the long term; and be | 22 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Mondelez International to | 2 | | reconsider its decision to move production lines out of Chicago | 3 | | and out of the United States, and instead to work fairly and in | 4 | | good faith with its loyal employees, the unions that represent | 5 | | them, and the State of Illinois in order to keep Oreos | 6 | | American-made and continue to invest in its human capital in a | 7 | | city that has supported its products' success for many decades; | 8 | | and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 | | delivered to Governor Rauner, DCEO Acting Director Sean | 11 | | McCarthy, and Mondelez International Chief Executive Officer | 12 | | Irene Rosenfeld.
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