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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1960.12.02 - 19246Misc . 3732 REPORT December 2, 1960 BY: Mr. Knowles IN RE: NEED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: At the November 2, 1960, meeting of the Board, a letter from Ford Local 600 UAW requesting this Board of Supervisors to adopt a proposed resolution intended to urge industrial concerns in the Detroit area to establish new and expanded manufacturing facilities within Southeastern Michigan was referred to your Miscellaneous Committee. Your Committee has carefully considered the proposed resolution and is of the opinion that it is not properly within the jurisdiction of this Board to advise industry in a matter which is clearly a prerogative of management. It would likewise be improper for this Board to similarly advise labor in an area of activity that would rightfully be within the scope of labor's prerogatives The Committee, however, does feel that steps ought to be taken in the community to provide and expand employment opportunities which would be beneficial to all segments of our society. The tremendous economic changes which will take place in this County within the next decade have been pointed out in a survey recently completed by the Michigan Employment Security Commission. This data, published in a booklet recently distributed by the Employment Security Commission and with the cooperation of the United States Employment Service, is entitled "Manpower in Michigan -- A Look at the 1960's". It was a subject for discussion at a recent manpower conference conducted at Michigan State University Oakland and sponsored by the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Pontiac Area Community Council, Michigan State University Oakland and the Michigan Employment Security Commission. At this conference Mr. Max M. Horton, Director of the Michigan Employment Security Commission, disclosed that during the decade 1960-1970 about 125,000 persons in Oakland County will become 18 years of age -- about 104% more than the 61,300 during the period 1950-1960. The total of Oakland County's labor force is expected to reach Copies to Sec, of Ford Local 600, Oak.Co., AFL CIO Council, Pontiac Chamber of Comm, Mich. Employment Security Comm. Mise, 3732 273,200 by 1970. The total increase, including those reaching the age of 18, new workers moving into the area and women workers not currently in the labor force who have previously worked and who will be re-entering the labor force after a temporary withdrawal period, is about 43% over the total labor force of 191,600 in 1960. This means that the total labor force growth will equal the amount of increase during the 1950 to 1960 decade. These changes will affect every citizen of our County. As our economy expands and our population increases, our industrial and occupational structure likewise changes. Since this large labor force can either bring o high level of prosperity for our community both for labor and industry or it can mean economic distress and wide-spread unemployment, there is an increasing challenge to develop new industries and new job opportunities. Your Committee believes that this is a problem which can only be approached by mutual cooperation of labor, industry, commerce and the many community groups interested in the economic development of the County. Your Committee recommends that no action be taken by the Board on the specific proposal submitted by Ford Local 600 UAW but highly recommends to all local groups, including those that sponsored the Munpower Conference at Michigan State University Oakland, that immediate steps be taken to follow through with a program to meet the needs outlined in the report of the Michigan Employment Security Commission. MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Miscellaneous Committee, I move that the foregoing report be received and placed on file and that the County Clerk forward certified copies of this report to the Recording Secretary of Ford Local 600 UAW, the Oakland County AFL-CIO Council, the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Employment Security Commission, the Greater Pontiac Area Community Council and Michigan State University Oakland. MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEE Peter P. Quirian, Chairman Helen G. Bonner Sydney Frid Virgil Kin-o-WiTs- Hugh Garter's Moved by Knowles supported by Cyril Miller the report be adopted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.