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2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 38
May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators FEYEN, BALLWEG, COWLES, MARKLEIN, NASS,
SPREITZER, WIRCH and FELZKOWSKI, cosponsored by Representatives MOSES,
ARMSTRONG, BINSFELD, EDMING, GREEN, KITCHENS, MURPHY, MURSAU, MYERS,
NOVAK, O'CONNOR, PALMERI, PENTERMAN, PETRYK, RETTINGER, SCHRAA,
SHELTON, SINICKI, SPIROS, STEFFEN, TITTL, TRANEL, VANDERMEER, HURD and
ROZAR. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
1 Relating to: celebrating May 5, 2023, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.
2 Whereas, the construction industry is one of our nation's largest industries, and
3 those in the skilled trades work in critical, rewarding, high-paying, high-demand
4 jobs that cannot be outsourced overseas; and
5 Whereas, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors, over one in four
6 construction workers are over 55 years old, and the construction industry will need
7 to attract an estimated 546,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring
8 in 2023; and
9 Whereas, Wisconsin's world-renowned registered apprentice program allows
10 inexperienced individuals of any age to participate in structured, on-the-job
11 training with classroom instruction where they earn while they learn; and
12 Whereas, according to the Wisconsin Technical College System, the annual
13 median salary for all graduated construction apprentices is $87,000; and
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1 Whereas, National Skilled Trades Day was created to help raise awareness of
2 the important work of those men and women who build the places where we all live,
3 work, play, worship, learn, and heal; now, therefore, be it
4 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin
5 Legislature celebrates May 5, 2023, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.
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