Full Text of HR0158 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Families and communities throughout the United | 3 | | States share similar hopes and dreams of a good life that is | 4 | | free from worry about meeting basic needs, with reliable and | 5 | | fulfilling work, a dignified and healthy standard of living, | 6 | | and the ability to enjoy time with loved ones; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The United States faces the stress of multiple, | 8 | | overlapping crises, old and new, that prevent the achievement | 9 | | of these fundamental human rights and needs, in which the | 10 | | COVID–19 pandemic has killed over 500,000 United States | 11 | | residents including over 20,000 Illinoisans; more than | 12 | | 10,000,000 United States workers remain unemployed and nearly | 13 | | 7,000,000 more are not in the labor force but want a job; | 14 | | rising economic inequality has made working families | 15 | | vulnerable; tens of millions of individuals do not get the | 16 | | health care they need, and intensifying climate change | 17 | | increases the threats to our health, economy, and livelihoods; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, These health, economic, and climate crises have | 20 | | magnified centuries-old injustices, causing high rates of | 21 | | death and hardship among Black, Brown, and Indigenous | 22 | | communities due to long-standing systemic racism, a fact | 23 | | spotlighted by an emerging, multiracial movement to end |
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| 1 | | violence against Black people; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, These crises are causing the inequitable | 3 | | workloads of women, particularly women of color, to grow, | 4 | | especially as women of color overwhelmingly make up the | 5 | | essential workforce, bearing the weight of the increased care | 6 | | needs of children, the elderly, and the sick; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Even before the COVID–19 crisis, many rural | 8 | | communities and independent family farmers suffered from | 9 | | poverty, declining economic opportunity, and alarming rates of | 10 | | farm bankruptcy, including loss of land from Black farmers and | 11 | | the exploitation of Black, Brown, and Indigenous farmers | 12 | | caused by predatory and racist public, private, and | 13 | | governmental institutions and policies; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The root of our interlocking economic and | 15 | | environmental crises is society's historical willingness to | 16 | | treat some communities and workers as disposable; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, It is necessary to counteract systemic injustice | 18 | | and value the dignity of all individuals in order to address | 19 | | unemployment, pandemics, or climate change and ensure the | 20 | | survival of the nation and the planet; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The choices made in response to these crises will |
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| 1 | | shape the United States direction for the 21st century and | 2 | | beyond, offering an opportunity to reshape our society to | 3 | | provide a good life for each of us and for our children and | 4 | | grandchildren; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The United States and the State of Illinois have | 6 | | the means to support fulfilling livelihoods for millions of | 7 | | people, Black, Indigenous, Brown, Latinx, Asian/Pacific | 8 | | Islander, White, immigrant, urban and rural, old and young, of | 9 | | many faiths, genders, abilities, and talents, while working to | 10 | | heal harms, protect communities, and invest in a future that | 11 | | fosters justice, not crisis; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, | 14 | | that:
| 15 | | (1) it is the duty of the Federal Government and the State | 16 | | government to respond to the crises of racial injustice, mass | 17 | | unemployment, a pandemic, and climate change with a bold and | 18 | | holistic national mobilization, an Agenda to Transform, Heal, | 19 | | and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (THRIVE) (referred | 20 | | to in this resolving clause as the Agenda), to build a society | 21 | | that enables: | 22 | | (A) greater racial, economic, and gender justice; | 23 | | (B) dignified work; | 24 | | (C) healthy communities; and |
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| 1 | | (D) a stable climate; and | 2 | | (2) such Agenda shall be assessed upon its ability to | 3 | | uphold its foundational pillars, including: | 4 | | (A) creating millions of good, safe jobs with access | 5 | | to unions by: | 6 | | (i) investing in projects including: | 7 | | (I) upgrading our broken infrastructure to | 8 | | expand access to clean and affordable energy, | 9 | | transportation, high-speed broadband, and water, | 10 | | particularly for public systems; | 11 | | (II) modernizing and retrofitting millions of | 12 | | homes, schools, offices, and industrial buildings | 13 | | to cut pollution and costs; | 14 | | (III) investing in public health and care | 15 | | work, including by increasing jobs, protections, | 16 | | wages, and benefits for the historically unpaid | 17 | | and undervalued work of caring for children, the | 18 | | elderly, and the sick; | 19 | | (IV) protecting and restoring wetlands, | 20 | | forests, and public lands, and cleaning up | 21 | | pollution in our communities; | 22 | | (V) creating opportunities for family farmers | 23 | | and rural communities, including by untangling the | 24 | | hyper-consolidated food supply chain, bolstering | 25 | | regenerative agriculture, and investing in local | 26 | | and regional food systems that support farmers, |
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| 1 | | agricultural workers, healthy soil, and climate | 2 | | resilience; and | 3 | | (VI) developing and transforming the | 4 | | industrial base of the United States, while | 5 | | creating high-skill, high-wage manufacturing jobs | 6 | | across the country, including by expanding | 7 | | manufacturing of clean technologies, reducing | 8 | | industrial pollution, and prioritizing clean, | 9 | | domestic manufacturing for the aforementioned | 10 | | investments; | 11 | | (ii) prioritizing the mobilization of direct | 12 | | public investments, while excluding false solutions | 13 | | that: | 14 | | (I) increase inequality; | 15 | | (II) privatize public lands, water, or nature; | 16 | | (III) violate human rights; | 17 | | (IV) expedite the destruction of ecosystems; | 18 | | or | 19 | | (V) decrease union density or membership; | 20 | | (iii) driving investment toward real full | 21 | | employment, where every individual who wishes to work | 22 | | has a viable pathway to a meaningful and dignified job | 23 | | with the right to form a union, including by | 24 | | establishing new public employment programs, as | 25 | | necessary; and | 26 | | (iv) subjecting each job created under this Agenda |
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| 1 | | to high-road labor standards that: | 2 | | (I) require family-sustaining wages and | 3 | | benefits, including child care support; | 4 | | (II) ensure safe workplaces; | 5 | | (III) protect the rights of workers to | 6 | | organize; and | 7 | | (IV) prioritize the hiring of local workers to | 8 | | ensure wages stay within communities to stimulate | 9 | | economic activity; | 10 | | (B) building the power of workers to fight inequality | 11 | | by: | 12 | | (i) reversing the corporate erosion of workers' | 13 | | organizing rights and bargaining power so that | 14 | | millions of new clean energy jobs, as well as millions | 15 | | of existing low-wage jobs across the economy, become | 16 | | the family-supporting union jobs that everyone | 17 | | deserves, including by: | 18 | | (I) Congress passing the bipartisan Protecting | 19 | | the Right to Organize Act; | 20 | | (II) repealing the ban on secondary boycotts; | 21 | | (III) requiring employer neutrality with | 22 | | regard to union organizing; | 23 | | (IV) ensuring that "franchising" and other | 24 | | corporate structures may not be used to hinder | 25 | | collective bargaining on a company-wide, regional, | 26 | | or national basis; |
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| 1 | | (V) advancing sectoral bargaining in certain | 2 | | economic sectors; and | 3 | | (VI) ensuring that no workers are | 4 | | misclassified as "independent contractors"; | 5 | | (ii) expanding union representation for all | 6 | | workers; and | 7 | | (iii) creating ladders of opportunity, | 8 | | particularly for women and people of color, to access | 9 | | registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship | 10 | | programs in communities of all sizes across the | 11 | | country; | 12 | | (C) investing in Black, Brown, and Indigenous | 13 | | communities to build power and counteract racial and | 14 | | gender injustice by: | 15 | | (i) directing at least 40 percent of investments | 16 | | to communities that have been excluded, oppressed, and | 17 | | harmed by racist and unjust practices, including: | 18 | | (I) communities of color; | 19 | | (II) low-income communities; | 20 | | (III) deindustrialized communities; and | 21 | | (IV) communities facing environmental | 22 | | injustice; | 23 | | (ii) ensuring that investments in these | 24 | | communities enable: | 25 | | (I) the creation of good jobs with | 26 | | family-sustaining wages; |
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| 1 | | (II) economic ownership opportunities that | 2 | | close the racial wealth gap; | 3 | | (III) pollution reduction; | 4 | | (IV) climate resilience; | 5 | | (V) small business support; | 6 | | (VI) economic opportunities for independent | 7 | | family farmers and ranchers; and | 8 | | (VII) the expansion of public services; | 9 | | (iii) ensuring that affected communities have the | 10 | | power to democratically plan, implement, and | 11 | | administer these projects; | 12 | | (iv) prioritizing local and equitable hiring and | 13 | | contracting that creates opportunities for: | 14 | | (I) people of color; | 15 | | (II) immigrants, regardless of immigration | 16 | | status; | 17 | | (III) formerly incarcerated individuals; | 18 | | (IV) women; | 19 | | (V) LGBTQIAP+ individuals; | 20 | | (VI) disabled and chronically ill individuals; | 21 | | and | 22 | | (VII) marginalized communities; and | 23 | | (v) providing access to quality workforce | 24 | | training, including through registered apprenticeships | 25 | | and pre-apprenticeships to ensure real pathways to | 26 | | good careers, including those that have historically |
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| 1 | | been inaccessible; | 2 | | (D) strengthening and healing the nation-to-nation | 3 | | relationship with sovereign Native Nations, including by: | 4 | | (i) making systemic changes in Federal policies to | 5 | | honor the environmental and social trust | 6 | | responsibilities to Native Nations and their Peoples, | 7 | | which are essential to tackling society's economic, | 8 | | environmental, and health crises; | 9 | | (ii) strengthening Tribal sovereignty and | 10 | | enforcing Indian treaty rights by moving towards | 11 | | greater recognition and support of the inherent | 12 | | self-governance and sovereignty of these nations and | 13 | | their members; and | 14 | | (iii) promulgating specific initiatives that | 15 | | reflect the nuanced relationships between the Native | 16 | | Nations, including: | 17 | | (I) the confirmation by Congress that Tribal | 18 | | nations can exercise their full and inherent civil | 19 | | regulatory and adjudicatory authority over their | 20 | | own citizens, lands, and resources, and over | 21 | | activities within their Tribal lands; | 22 | | (II) the codification of Free, Prior, and | 23 | | Informed Consent as it relates to Tribal | 24 | | consultation; and | 25 | | (III) the implementation of the United Nations | 26 | | Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, |
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| 1 | | without qualification; | 2 | | (E) combating environmental injustice and ensuring | 3 | | healthy lives for all, including by: | 4 | | (i) curtailing air, water, and land pollution from | 5 | | all sources; | 6 | | (ii) removing health hazards from communities; | 7 | | (iii) replacing lead pipes to ensure clean water | 8 | | is available to all; | 9 | | (iv) remediating the cumulative health and | 10 | | environmental impacts of toxic pollution and climate | 11 | | change; | 12 | | (v) ensuring that affected communities have | 13 | | equitable access to public health resources that have | 14 | | been systemically denied, which includes: | 15 | | (I) upgrading unhealthy and overcrowded homes, | 16 | | public schools, and public hospitals; | 17 | | (II) ensuring access to healthy food, mental | 18 | | health support, and restorative justice; and | 19 | | (III) investing in universal childcare, care | 20 | | for individuals with disabilities, senior care, | 21 | | and a robust care workforce; and | 22 | | (vi) focusing these initiatives in Black, Brown, | 23 | | and Indigenous communities that have endured | 24 | | disproportionately high death rates from COVID-19 due | 25 | | to higher exposure to air pollution and other | 26 | | cumulative health hazards as a result of decades of |
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| 1 | | environmental racism; | 2 | | (F) averting climate and environmental catastrophe, | 3 | | including by: | 4 | | (i) contributing to a livable climate and | 5 | | environment for today and for future generations, | 6 | | including by: | 7 | | (I) staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius of | 8 | | global warming; | 9 | | (II) building climate resilience to keep | 10 | | communities safe; and | 11 | | (III) ensuring sustainable resource use; | 12 | | (ii) deploying investments and standards in the | 13 | | electricity, transportation, buildings, | 14 | | manufacturing, lands, and agricultural sectors to spur | 15 | | the largest expansion in history of clean, renewable | 16 | | energy, emissions reductions, climate resilience, and | 17 | | sustainable resource use; | 18 | | (iii) transforming the power sector in order to | 19 | | move the country, by not later than 2035, to carbon | 20 | | pollution-free electricity that passes an | 21 | | environmental justice screen to prevent concentrating | 22 | | pollution in Black, Brown, Indigenous, and poor | 23 | | communities; | 24 | | (iv) prioritizing materials and parts that meet | 25 | | high labor, environmental, and human rights standards | 26 | | throughout the supply chain; |
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| 1 | | (v) supporting sustainable, domestic production of | 2 | | healthy, nutritious food that pays independent farmers | 3 | | and ranchers a fair price for their land stewardship; | 4 | | and | 5 | | (vi) ensuring that funding under this Agenda goes | 6 | | to workers and communities affected by the economic | 7 | | and environmental crises, not to corporate fossil fuel | 8 | | polluters; | 9 | | (G) ensuring fairness for workers and communities | 10 | | affected by economic transitions by: | 11 | | (i) guaranteeing that workers and communities in | 12 | | industries and regions in economic transition due to | 13 | | COVID-19, climate change, and other economic shocks | 14 | | receive: | 15 | | (I) stable wages and benefits, including full | 16 | | pension and health care; | 17 | | (II) early retirement offerings; | 18 | | (III) crisis and trauma support; and | 19 | | (IV) equitable job placement; and | 20 | | (ii) investing in transitioning areas to support: | 21 | | (I) economic diversification; | 22 | | (II) high quality job creation; | 23 | | (III) community reinvestment; | 24 | | (IV) retooling and conversion; | 25 | | (V) reclamation and remediation of closed and | 26 | | abandoned facilities and sites; |
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| 1 | | (VI) child and adult care infrastructure; and | 2 | | (VII) funding to shore up budget shortfalls in | 3 | | local and State governments; and | 4 | | (H) reinvesting in public sector institutions that | 5 | | enable workers and communities to thrive by: | 6 | | (i) rebuilding vital public services and | 7 | | strengthening social infrastructure in cities and | 8 | | counties, health care systems, schools, the postal | 9 | | service, and other services; | 10 | | (ii) investing in equitable public education | 11 | | opportunities, including career and technical | 12 | | education pathways that prepare youth, especially | 13 | | girls; Black, Brown, and Indigenous students; students | 14 | | with disabilities; students from low-income families; | 15 | | and other students from marginalized groups, for | 16 | | high-quality jobs of the future, and state of the art | 17 | | technology and schools, so that from the beginning | 18 | | students are prepared to transform society and | 19 | | preserve democracy; | 20 | | (iii) investing in the workers who provide care to | 21 | | children, the elderly, and communities burdened by | 22 | | neglect; | 23 | | (iv) creating new public institutions, inspired by | 24 | | and improving upon New Deal-era institutions, to | 25 | | ensure universal access to critical resources and to | 26 | | strategically and coherently mobilize and channel |
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| 1 | | investments, in line with the above priorities, at the | 2 | | scale and pace that these times require; and | 3 | | (v) coupling this institutional renewal with | 4 | | democratic governance and accountability to correct | 5 | | the systemic misallocation of resources and | 6 | | representation that prevents families and communities | 7 | | from meeting fundamental human needs and pursuing | 8 | | fulfilling lives.
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