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SJR0016 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Small and Midsize Manufacturing Enterprises | ||||||
| 3 | (SMEs/MSMEs) play an important role in the job creation | ||||||
| 4 | process since they account for between 40 and 80 percent of | ||||||
| 5 | total manufacturing employment worldwide; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, SMEs/MSMEs typically have a much simpler | ||||||
| 7 | structure than larger businesses or manufacturers; there is | ||||||
| 8 | much less red tape, and decisions that can take weeks or months | ||||||
| 9 | for other companies can sometimes be made in minutes; often, | ||||||
| 10 | customer service is personalized, and industry partners are | ||||||
| 11 | considered friends more than clients; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, The management of SMEs/MSMEs is usually better | ||||||
| 13 | connected to, and more in touch with, their staff than at | ||||||
| 14 | companies with thousands of employees; since everyone is | ||||||
| 15 | working toward the same goal, there is a greater feeling of | ||||||
| 16 | camaraderie; this often shows itself in community initiatives | ||||||
| 17 | generated inside an SME, such as fundraisers suggested by | ||||||
| 18 | employees to benefit favored causes; while large corporations | ||||||
| 19 | have research and development departments, SMEs often | ||||||
| 20 | encourage all staff members to contribute ideas for new | ||||||
| 21 | products to manufacture or ways to improve existing ones; and | ||||||
| 22 | WHEREAS, Illinois is home to an unmatched manufacturing | ||||||
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| 1 | workforce and renowned universities and community colleges | ||||||
| 2 | that train a talent pipeline for the advanced manufacturing | ||||||
| 3 | jobs; 23,000 students graduate with manufacturing or | ||||||
| 4 | manufacturing-related degrees each year, and Illinois' | ||||||
| 5 | community colleges yield over 3,531 students from 371 programs | ||||||
| 6 | with manufacturing degrees and certificates; many Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | institutions partner with businesses and incubators to create | ||||||
| 8 | custom training programs; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, In 2017, the average U.S. manufacturing worker | ||||||
| 10 | received $77,186 annually, including pay and benefits; in | ||||||
| 11 | 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated the annual | ||||||
| 12 | mean wage of production workers in Illinois to be from $45,460 | ||||||
| 13 | to $73,820; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 16 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we encourage young | ||||||
| 17 | people to consider a career in small to mid-sized | ||||||
| 18 | manufacturing, which can lead to stable jobs that range from | ||||||
| 19 | $50k-$70k a year. | ||||||