PRINTER'S NO. 2600
No. 184 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY OLASZ, CLARK, MANDERINO, PETRARCA, SEVENTY,
McMONAGLE, MRKONIC, SALOOM, MURPHY, COLAFELLA AND TRELLO,
FEBRUARY 22, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 12, 1984
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing Congress to take steps to halt or deter United
2 States industries from establishing plants abroad.
3 WHEREAS, Ford Motor Company recently announced that it would
4 invest $500 million in a plant in Hermosillo, Mexico, to produce
5 130,000 cars and trucks annually; and
6 WHEREAS, General Motors and Chrysler also have automobile
7 plants in Mexico; and
8 WHEREAS, The proposed Ford plant will produce about 3,000
9 jobs when operating at full capacity and in addition generate
10 8,000 to 9,000 jobs indirectly; and
11 WHEREAS, The number of persons unemployed in the United
12 States has never been higher, particularly in the auto industry
13 and steel industry; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
15 of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of the United States to
16 enact appropriate legislation to halt or deter the practice of
17 United States companies, particularly in the auto industry from
1 establishing plants in foreign countries which take away jobs
2 from the American labor force in great need of such jobs; and be
3 it further
4 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
5 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
6 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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