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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor has made a
3misguided decision to permanently close the Job Corps Civilian
4Conservation Center in Golconda, which will result in negative
5economic consequences for both the short-term and long-term
6future of Southern Illinois; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The federal government joins a list of major
8employers that have made decisions to wrongly close facilities
9in downstate Illinois; in this case, Washington bureaucrats
10have removed 60 well-paying jobs from a hardworking town of 700
11people, who will now have to support their families with
12lower-paying jobs that have little to no benefits; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Department of Labor's decision to permanently
14close the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center will
15take away one of the few programs in the area in which
16struggling young men and women have an opportunity to change
17and better themselves through learning a trade or vocational
18skill set that can result in an honest paycheck and help them
19contribute to their own communities; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The decision to permanently close the Golconda
21facility will cause more economic divestment from Southern
22Illinois, at a time when Illinois only saw jobs in the State

 

 

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1grow 0.03% last year; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4stand in opposition to the United States Department of Labor's
5permanent closure of the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
6in Golconda, and we state our support for the future
7retainment, or creation of, job training centers in the State
8of Illinois; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10delivered to the United States Department of Labor and the
11Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center.