PRINTER'S NO. 2090
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
232
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY OBERLANDER, SCHLOSSBERG, SMITH, KAUFFMAN,
R. MACKENZIE, ROWE, MADDEN, FLICK, GALLAGHER, JAMES, HADDOCK,
PICKETT, MAJOR, SANCHEZ, KHAN, MENTZER, KINSEY AND MOUL,
OCTOBER 3, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, OCTOBER 3, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 6 through 13, 2023, as
"Manufacturing Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Manufacturing is the lifeblood of the economic well-
being in our Commonwealth generating more than $112 billion
annually in State gross domestic product; and
WHEREAS, Manufacturers employ more than 564,700 hardworking
Pennsylvanians on the plant floors; and
WHEREAS, Millions of additional Pennsylvania jobs are
directly sustained by manufacturing in supply chains,
distribution networks, warehousing and logistics; and
WHEREAS, Manufacturing jobs have above-average wages and
benefits, averaging an annual income of more than $86,000, 33%
higher than nonmanufacturing sectors; and
WHEREAS, The stigmas that manufacturing is dirty, dangerous
and unfulfilling often remain uncontested; and
WHEREAS, More awareness is needed to attract students and
young people to look at the manufacturing sector for
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opportunity, professional growth and family-sustaining jobs in
Pennsylvania; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of October 6 through 13, 2023, as "Manufacturing Week" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives, in conjunction
with national efforts, recognize the overwhelming economic
contributions manufacturing makes in our Commonwealth and the
ongoing potential manufacturing has in continuing to create the
workforce of tomorrow; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage
increasing awareness of our Commonwealth's young people to the
opportunities that exist in the manufacturing sector.
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