PRINTER'S NO. 2156
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
467
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BARRAR, BISHOP, BIZZARRO, COHEN,
D. COSTA, DRISCOLL, GROVE, PHILLIPS-HILL, KINSEY, KIRKLAND,
KNOWLES, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, McNEILL, MILLARD, MURT,
READSHAW, ROSS, SCHLOSSBERG, THOMAS, WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND,
ZIMMERMAN AND JOZWIAK, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2015 as "Employee Ownership
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Employee stock ownership plans have been established
in approximately 11,500 companies in the United States,
employing over 10 million working men and women; and
WHEREAS, Employee ownership is becoming a practice that is
instrumental in helping Americans share in our nation's growth
and prosperity by enabling our citizens to accumulate
significant amounts of capital stock in the business at which
they are employed; and
WHEREAS, Employee ownership has become a powerful incentive
for Americans to make the best of their talents and energies in
their places of work, strengthening the competitive potential of
this Commonwealth's businesses; and
WHEREAS, Employee ownership aids in creating and retaining
jobs in this Commonwealth; and
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