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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, President Donald Trump has launched an | ||||||
| 3 | unprecedented assault on workers' rights, civil rights, pay | ||||||
| 4 | equality, and workplace safety in an executive order targeting | ||||||
| 5 | "diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility" efforts in | ||||||
| 6 | workplaces; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, President Trump's order repeals 60 years of | ||||||
| 8 | workplace protections, including rules intended to safeguard | ||||||
| 9 | workers from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, | ||||||
| 10 | gender, or sexual orientation; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, President Trump's order abandons working families | ||||||
| 12 | while protecting businesses that pay women, people of color, | ||||||
| 13 | and many other workers less than their white and male | ||||||
| 14 | counterparts in the same job, and his order unilaterally | ||||||
| 15 | eliminates protections that prevent federal contractors from | ||||||
| 16 | retaliating against workers who inquire about compensation or | ||||||
| 17 | discuss their pay with others; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, President Trump's order aims to keep people with | ||||||
| 19 | diverse backgrounds and experiences out of the very rooms | ||||||
| 20 | where decisions are made by threatening businesses, schools, | ||||||
| 21 | and government agencies that seek to maintain a diverse | ||||||
| 22 | workforce; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, President Trump and his allies have justified | ||||||
| 2 | their actions with demeaning and hateful attacks against | ||||||
| 3 | working people, including an outrageous claim by a top | ||||||
| 4 | official the President continues to empower, who stated, | ||||||
| 5 | "competent white men must be in charge if you want things to | ||||||
| 6 | work"; the President himself blamed the tragic January 2025 | ||||||
| 7 | air disaster on the Federal Aviation Administration's hiring | ||||||
| 8 | of people with disabilities; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, People in Illinois demand a better direction, | ||||||
| 10 | where people of all backgrounds have opportunity, where every | ||||||
| 11 | worker knows they are protected from unfair retaliation and | ||||||
| 12 | discrimination, and where equal work is rewarded with equal | ||||||
| 13 | pay; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we condemn President Donald Trump's efforts to undermine equal | ||||||
| 17 | pay, make workplaces less fair, and limit opportunity; and be | ||||||
| 18 | it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That we condemn the false, hateful comments | ||||||
| 20 | President Trump and his allies have used to impugn and demean | ||||||
| 21 | working people; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That we renew our commitment to prioritize equal | ||||||
| 2 | pay for equal work, opportunities for all, and protections in | ||||||
| 3 | our workplaces in Illinois. | ||||||