Bill Text: IL SR0584 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges Portillo's to honor the wishes of its food distribution workers who have voted to join a union and bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and their families. Urges all State elected officials to stand with Portillo's food distribution workers that voted to unionize for better working conditions, livable wages, and access to basic sick time benefits. Urges Portillo's to respect the constitutional rights of its workers in Illinois to bargain collectively. Commends and acknowledges the decision made by Portillo's food distribution workers in Addison to unionize and join the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-11-15 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio [SR0584 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0584-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to the headquarters
of Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc. and its roughly 50
restaurant locations across the State; and
WHEREAS, Portillo's, valued in recent years at $1.9
billion and now a publicly traded corporation on the Nasdaq,
has announced plans to open 920 stores nationwide, a steep
increase from its original plans of 600 stores; and
WHEREAS, From October 2022 to March 2023, the national
number of workers seeking union representation and filing
unfair labor practice charges has increased to numbers last
witnessed in the 1950s, according to the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB); and
WHEREAS, Illinois passed the Workers' Rights Amendment in
November 2022, guaranteeing the fundamental right to unionize
and bargain collectively; and
WHEREAS, On March 10, 2023, workers at a Portillo's food
distribution center chose to file with the NLRB to organize a
union, and the board conducted an election for employees to
cast their votes on April 13, 2023; and

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WHEREAS, On April 19, 2023, Portillo's, the maker of many
iconic Chicago food staples, did not honor the decision its
employees made to join a union, instead utilizing stall
tactics, including challenging the election conducted by the
NLRB by filing an appeal; and
WHEREAS, On July 19, 2023, the NLRB ruled against
Portillo's appeal, siding with the food distribution workers;
however, Portillo's again appealed this decision on August 2,
2023, further ignoring the voices of its workers who continue
to demand access to sick time, livable wages, and dignity and
respect in the workplace; and
WHEREAS, Portillo's food distribution center workers
continue to express concerns over the stall tactics employed
by Portillo's in an effort to do everything in its power to
deny its food distribution workers the right to bargain
collectively; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Portillo's
Restaurant Group, Inc. to honor the wishes of its food
distribution workers who have voted to join a union and
bargain collectively for the betterment of themselves and
their families; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That we urge all State elected officials to
stand with Portillo's food distribution workers who voted to
unionize for better working conditions, livable wages, and
access to basic sick time benefits; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we urge Portillo's to respect the
constitutional rights of its workers in Illinois to bargain
collectively; and be it further