Bill Text: GA SR1016 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: United Technologies Corporation Employee Scholar Day; recognize February 23, 2012
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-23 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1016 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1016-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1016
By:
Senators McKoon of the 29th, Harbison of the 15th and Ginn of the 47th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
United Technologies Corporation and recognizing February 23, 2012, as United
Technologies Corporation Employee Scholar Day at the capitol; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) provides innovative, high-technology
products and services to the aerospace and building systems industries
worldwide; and
WHEREAS,
UTC's industry leading businesses include Otis elevators and escalators; UTC
Climate, Controls, and Security, which includes Carrier heating, air
conditioning, and refrigeration systems, and a broad range of fire safety and
security solutions from leading brands, such as Kidde and Chubb; Sikorsky
aircraft; and UTC Propulsion and Aerospace Systems, which includes Pratt and
Whitney aircraft engines and Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace and industrial
products; and
WHEREAS,
UTC employs over 200,000 people worldwide, including approximately 75,000 people
in the United States and approximately 2,000 people in the State of Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
UTC purchases products and services valued at over $300 million annually from
approximately 1,400 Georgia based suppliers; and
WHEREAS,
UTC established its Employee Scholar Program in 1996 to provide lifelong
learning to its employees by giving them access to education to stay current in
their chosen field or enable new career opportunities; and
WHEREAS,
the Employee Scholar Program is one of the most comprehensive, company
sponsored, employee education programs in the world; and
WHEREAS,
the Employee Scholar Program pays for tuition, academic fees, and books at
approved educational institutions; makes payments directly to the educational
institution to minimize out of pocket costs; allows employees to obtain a degree
in any field, whether or not it is related to their job; and provides eligible
employees up to three hours of paid time off to study per week; and
WHEREAS,
UTC has invested $1 billion to further its employees' education, $11 million of
which went to Georgia, with more than 32,500 degrees that have been awarded to
employees in over 50 countries, 500 of which went to Georgia based employees,
and currently has 10,000 employees participating in the program worldwide, over
150 of who are from Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
numerous Georgia based institutions of higher learning have participated in and
benefited from the UTC Employee Scholar Program; and
WHEREAS,
UTC's investment in its employees is an investment in Georgia's future and its
economy and is worthy of recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the outstanding contributions of United Technologies Corporation to higher
education and to the State of Georgia and recognize February 23, 2012, as United
Technologies Corporation Employee Scholar Day at the capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to United Technologies
Corporation.
