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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Foreign steel producers are "dumping" their
3 products on the American market by selling at prices less
4 than their cost and below those in their home markets; and
5 WHEREAS, This trade practice is both unfair and illegal
6 under U.S. laws and international code; and
7 WHEREAS, This growing steel import crisis is causing
8 injury to domestic steel companies and is threatening the
9 jobs of American steelworkers; and
10 WHEREAS, Steel imports in May, 1998 increased 28.5% from
11 their level of the previous year; through June 1998 imports
12 from Japan were up 113%, while imports from Korea were up
13 89.5%; and
14 WHEREAS, Because of this growing crisis, a "Stand Up for
15 Steel" coalition of United Steelworkers of America
16 AFL-CIO/CLC and leading domestic steel producers has launched
17 a nationwide public awareness campaign about the flood of
18 unfairly traded and injurious steel imports from foreign
19 countries and its impact on the American steel industry and
20 its workers; and
21 WHEREAS, One of LaClede Steel's subsidiary companies is
22 located in the City of Vandalia, County of Fayette, Illinois,
23 has employed many workers, and due to this "dumping" of
24 import steel has had to lay off more than a third of its work
25 force; and
26 WHEREAS, The layoff of LaClede Steel company employees
27 certainly effects the economy of our State and, most
28 importantly, the families of the laid off steel workers;
29 therefore, be it
30 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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1 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
2 would like to give our support to the Coalition of
3 Steelworkers and Steel Producers; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, that we urge the President of the United States
5 and the United States Congress to work hard in demanding that
6 the government do whatever is necessary to safeguard the
7 American steel industry, its employees, and their
8 communities; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, that suitable copies of this resolution be
10 delivered to the President of the United States, the
11 President pro tempore of the United States Senate, the
12 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and
13 each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.