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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 38 |
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| 5 | 5 | | May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators FEYEN, BALLWEG, COWLES, MARKLEIN, NASS, |
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| 6 | 6 | | SPREITZER, WIRCH and FELZKOWSKI, cosponsored by Representatives MOSES, |
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| 7 | 7 | | ARMSTRONG, BINSFELD, EDMING, GREEN, KITCHENS, MURPHY, MURSAU, MYERS, |
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| 8 | 8 | | NOVAK, O'CONNOR, PALMERI, PENTERMAN, PETRYK, RETTINGER, SCHRAA, |
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| 9 | 9 | | SHELTON, SINICKI, SPIROS, STEFFEN, TITTL, TRANEL, VANDERMEER, HURD and |
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| 10 | 10 | | ROZAR. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Relating to: celebrating May 5, 2023, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Whereas, the construction industry is one of our nation's largest industries, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | those in the skilled trades work in critical, rewarding, high-paying, high-demand |
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| 14 | 14 | | jobs that cannot be outsourced overseas; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors, over one in four |
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| 16 | 16 | | construction workers are over 55 years old, and the construction industry will need |
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| 17 | 17 | | to attract an estimated 546,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring |
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| 18 | 18 | | in 2023; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Whereas, Wisconsin's world-renowned registered apprentice program allows |
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| 20 | 20 | | inexperienced individuals of any age to participate in structured, on-the-job |
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| 21 | 21 | | training with classroom instruction where they earn while they learn; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Whereas, according to the Wisconsin Technical College System, the annual |
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| 23 | 23 | | median salary for all graduated construction apprentices is $87,000; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas, National Skilled Trades Day was created to help raise awareness of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the important work of those men and women who build the places where we all live, |
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| 42 | 42 | | work, play, worship, learn, and heal; now, therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 43 | | Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin |
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| 44 | 44 | | Legislature celebrates May 5, 2023, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. |
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