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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, Small and Midsize Manufacturing Enterprises |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 (SMEs/MSMEs) play an important role in the job creation |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 process since they account for between 40 and 80 percent of |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 total manufacturing employment worldwide; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, SMEs/MSMEs typically have a much simpler |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 structure than larger businesses or manufacturers; there is |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 much less red tape, and decisions that can take weeks or months |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 for other companies can sometimes be made in minutes; often, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 customer service is personalized, and industry partners are |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 considered friends more than clients; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 WHEREAS, The management of SMEs/MSMEs is usually better |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 connected to, and more in touch with, their staff than at |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 companies with thousands of employees; since everyone is |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 working toward the same goal, there is a greater feeling of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 camaraderie; this often shows itself in community initiatives |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 generated inside an SME, such as fundraisers suggested by |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 employees to benefit favored causes; while large corporations |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 have research and development departments, SMEs often |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 encourage all staff members to contribute ideas for new |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 products to manufacture or ways to improve existing ones; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | 22 WHEREAS, Illinois is home to an unmatched manufacturing |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 workforce and renowned universities and community colleges |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2 that train a talent pipeline for the advanced manufacturing |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 jobs; 23,000 students graduate with manufacturing or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 manufacturing-related degrees each year, and Illinois' |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 community colleges yield over 3,531 students from 371 programs |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 with manufacturing degrees and certificates; many Illinois |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7 institutions partner with businesses and incubators to create |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 custom training programs; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9 WHEREAS, In 2017, the average U.S. manufacturing worker |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10 received $77,186 annually, including pay and benefits; in |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated the annual |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12 mean wage of production workers in Illinois to be from $45,460 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13 to $73,820; therefore, be it |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we encourage young |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17 people to consider a career in small to mid-sized |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18 manufacturing, which can lead to stable jobs that range from |
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| 51 | 51 | | 19 $50k-$70k a year. |
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