Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights (MRCC) — Support for House Bills 5768-5770 (June 7, 2024)

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The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights (MRCC) writes on June 7, 2024 to Chair Jason Hoskins to express support for House Bills 5768-5770, then before the House Economic Development and Small Business Committee. The letter asks the Chair and each committee member to vote YES on the package, which it says will create thousands of jobs while investing in transit, housing and communities. It states that MRCC represents 14,000 carpenters and millwrights across Michigan. It also states that funding for current economic development incentives expires next year, and urges passage before the summer recess. The letter closes with Tom Lutz, Executive Secretary-Treasurer.

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June 7, 2024

Dear Chair Jason Hoskins,

I am writing you on behalf of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights
(MRCC) to express our support for House Bills 5768-5770, which are currently before the House
Economic Development and Small Business Committee. We respectfully ask you and each
member of your committee to vote YES on this innovative, comprehensive long-term package
that will create thousands of jobs while investing in transit, housing and our communities.

The MRCC represents 14,000 carpenters and millwrights across the state of Michigan. Our
member carpenters help build diverse projects, large and small, residential and commercial.
Union millwrights work with precision machinery, installing and maintaining everything from
conveyor systems to turbines and generators. Our members work closely with contractor partners
across the state to create value and deliver construction projects that help our economy grow.

The MRCC is more than just a union. We are a brotherhood of skilled tradesmen and women
who take real pride in their craft. Carpenters and millwrights are committed to their skilled trade,
standing together to keep the union and Michigan’s economy strong. That’s why we are urging
you to vote YES on House Bills 5768-5770 so our state can continue to grow and prosper,
attracting more people to live and work in communities from the Upper Peninsula to
Detroit and beyond.

What these bills will do is critically important for the state of Michigan and its workers. Funding
for current economic development incentives expires next year and without a plan in place,
Michigan will lose the momentum it has fought so hard to build.

These bills aren’t just focused on economic incentives. They go further by investing in housing,
transit and community revitalization. Coupling these things together, along with including strong
labor standards, is the right plan for our state and that is why we urge you to vote YES on House
Bills 5768-5770, as well as to help secure their passage before the summer recess.

Sincerely,


Tom Lutz
Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights


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