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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.