Letter of Support — Operating Engineers, Economic Development and Small Business Committee (June 9, 2024)
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Letter dated June 9, 2024, from Operating Engineers (Douglas W. Stockwell, Business Manager) to the Michigan House Economic Development and Small Business Committee. The letter states that Operating Engineers strongly supports House Bills 5768-5770, which it says received a hearing last week, and urges the committee to vote YES. It says Operating Engineers represents 15,000 members across the state. It states that the bill package accomplishes the investment in a fiscally responsible manner.
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OPERATING ENGINEERS 324
Douglas W. Stockwell – Business Manager
June 9, 2024
Michigan House Economic Development and Small Business Committee
c/o Chair Rep. Jason Hoskins
124 North Capitol Avenue
Lansing, MI 48933
Subject: Support of House Bills 5768-5770:
Operating Engineers 324 strongly supports House Bills 5768-5770, which received a hearing last week before the
Michigan House Economic Development and Small Business Committee. We urge you to vote YES on these
important bills because they will create jobs, opportunities, and a better Michigan for generations to come.
For more than a century, Operating Engineers 324 has provided the safest, best trained, and most professional
workforce to businesses throughout Michigan. Today, we represent 15,000 members across the state, including
thousands working to develop and restore infrastructure projects. We accomplish that through investment in
ourselves – in our world-class training facilities, in our recruitment, and in the life-long training and support we
offer our members. We understand the value of self-investment, and the importance of being good partners. It
is our partnerships, with our signatory contractors, with governmental entities, and with other trade
organizations, that allow us the opportunity to earn the work we carry out so proudly.
We also know our success and growth are directly tied to our state’s economic development approach and
investments in infrastructure. When the state invests in itself in the way we invest in ourselves as an
organization, every resident and business in Michigan – including our members – does better.
That is precisely why we support this bill package. It accomplishes that investment in a fiscally responsible
manner. We cannot afford to “kick the can” any longer when we have the opportunity to make real investments
in ourselves.
We also thank Rep. Jason Morgan and Rep. Mike McFall for crafting a long-term plan for Michigan that doesn’t
pit economic development incentives against funding our critical infrastructure. This legislation builds off Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer’s successful approach that has successfully attracted business and created thousands of new
jobs and opportunities for Michigan workers. The package of bills will help us compete for the careers of today
and tomorrow.
This is the legislation our members and Michigan needs, so on behalf of our 15,000 Members, I urge you to vote
yes on this important package without delay.
Sincerely,
Douglas W. Stockwell
Operating Engineers 324 Business Manager and General Vice-President
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