Independent contractor opposes Illinois HB3437, warning construction career opportunities for minority youth are in jeopardy
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MANHATTAN, Ill., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The head of one of the Chicago area s largest industrial mechanical contracting companies with a proven record and active program of minority recruitment and training has announced his opposition to HB3437, currently pending in the Illinois Senate.
Independent contractor opposes Illinois HB3437, warning construction career opportunities for minority youth are in jeopardy.
The reason: House Bill 3437 would require privately owned petroleum refineries, petrochemical facilities, and ethanol plants in Illinois to pay state government-mandated wages on construction work done on their facilities. Under the guise of safety , and keeping jobs in Illinois, the bill is simply a ruse that will result in all construction and maintenance work to be performed exclus