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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION |
2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to the headquarters |
3 | | of Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc. and its roughly 50 |
4 | | restaurant locations across the State; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Portillo's, valued in recent years at $1.9 |
6 | | billion and now a publicly traded corporation on the Nasdaq, |
7 | | has announced plans to open 920 stores nationwide, a steep |
8 | | increase from its original plans of 600 stores; and |
9 | | WHEREAS, From October 2022 to March 2023, the national |
10 | | number of workers seeking union representation and filing |
11 | | unfair labor practice charges has increased to numbers last |
12 | | witnessed in the 1950s, according to the National Labor |
13 | | Relations Board (NLRB); and |
14 | | WHEREAS, Illinois passed the Workers' Rights Amendment in |
15 | | November 2022, guaranteeing the fundamental right to unionize |
16 | | and bargain collectively; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, On March 10, 2023, workers at a Portillo's food |
18 | | distribution center chose to file with the NLRB to organize a |
19 | | union, and the board conducted an election for employees to |
20 | | cast their votes on April 13, 2023; and |
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1 | | WHEREAS, On April 19, 2023, Portillo's, the maker of many |
2 | | iconic Chicago food staples, did not honor the decision its |
3 | | employees made to join a union, instead utilizing stall |
4 | | tactics, including challenging the election conducted by the |
5 | | NLRB by filing an appeal; and |
6 | | WHEREAS, On July 19, 2023, the NLRB ruled against |
7 | | Portillo's appeal, siding with the food distribution workers; |
8 | | however, Portillo's again appealed this decision on August 2, |
9 | | 2023, further ignoring the voices of its workers who continue |
10 | | to demand access to sick time, livable wages, and dignity and |
11 | | respect in the workplace; and |
12 | | WHEREAS, Portillo's food distribution center workers |
13 | | continue to express concerns over the stall tactics employed |
14 | | by Portillo's in an effort to do everything in its power to |
15 | | deny its food distribution workers the right to bargain |
16 | | collectively; therefore, be it |
17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Portillo's |
19 | | Restaurant Group, Inc. to honor the wishes of its food |
20 | | distribution workers who have voted to join a union and |
21 | | bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and |
22 | | their families; and be it further |
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1 | | RESOLVED, That we urge all State elected officials to |
2 | | stand with Portillo's food distribution workers who voted to |
3 | | unionize for better working conditions, livable wages, and |
4 | | access to basic sick time benefits; and be it further |
5 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Portillo's to respect the |
6 | | constitutional rights of its workers in Illinois to bargain |
7 | | collectively; and be it further |
8 | | RESOLVED, That we commend and acknowledge the decision |
9 | | made by Portillo's food distribution workers in Addison to |
10 | | unionize and join the International Association of Bridge, |
11 | | Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO. |