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| 2015 -- S 0877 Enacted 05/06/2015 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING MAY 6, 2015, TO BE "MANUFACTURING DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Senators Picard, Paiva Weed, Lombardi, Satchell, and Morgan |
| Date Introduced: May 06, 2015 |
| WHEREAS, Rhode Island's Slater Mill, a wooden building completed in 1793 for the |
| purpose of manufacturing cotton yarn by waterpower, revolutionized industry in America. It |
| became the first successful factory in the United States and made Rhode Island the birthplace of |
| the Industrial Revolution; and |
| WHEREAS, Manufacturing currently accounts for about 7.7 percent of the total |
| economic output for the State of Rhode Island, and in 2014, employed approximately 58,967 |
| people which accounts for an increase of 1.5 percent over 2013 figures, and almost 9 percent of |
| all jobs in the state. Total manufacturing output in Rhode Island is over 4 billion dollars and |
| compensation for a manufacturing job in Rhode Island is close to 37 percent higher than for |
| nonfarm jobs; and |
| WHEREAS, Manufacturing jobs today are not the same low skill jobs of the past. |
| Manufacturing jobs currently require people who are highly skilled, educated, innovative |
| thinkers, and able to adapt to rapidly changing technology and learning how to use new |
| equipment at a rapid pace; and |
| WHEREAS, The manufacturing sector of an economy is often a leading indicator of the |
| relative strength or weakness of the economy at large. It is a vital component of a prosperous, |
| diverse and thriving economy. Manufacturing in Rhode Island is currently prospering and |
| growing and we should do all we can to ensure that manufacturing remains a thriving part of the |
| state's economy; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| hereby proclaims May 6, 2015, to be "Manufacturing Day" in Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. David M. Chenevert, President, Swissline |
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