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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: September 28, 2021 04:53 PM
From: Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill
To: All Senate members
Subject: Resolution designating Oct. 1, 2021 as "Manufacturing Day" in Pennsylvania
 
In the near future, I will introduce a resolution designating October 1, 2021 as “Manufacturing Day” in Pennsylvania.

Manufacturing is the lifeblood of the economic well-being in our Commonwealth; generating over $70 billion annually in state gross product, employing 570,000 hardworking Pennsylvanians on the plant floor, and supporting supply, distribution, and retail networks that sustains millions of additional Pennsylvania jobs.

However, there are upwards of 8,000 jobs that remain unfilled on our plant floors. Increasing awareness of our Commonwealth’s young people as to the opportunities that exist in this sector remains a challenge.

Despite the fact that manufacturing jobs have above-average wages and benefits, averaging annual income over $69,000 – 40 percent higher than non-manufacturing sectors - stigmas that manufacturing is dirty, dangerous, and unfulfilling often remain uncontested. We must change this and becoming involved in Manufacturing Day is a critical first step.
 


Introduced as SR199