Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Building closing?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="kale931" data-source="post: 687751" data-attributes="member: 28404"><p>I know I read that on here somewhere, but I did a search and found it. There are multiple articles between Chicago news and Rockford news stating the same thing.</p><p></p><p> A decade of jobs and growth is a guarantee for one of Rockford's largest employers. State tax breaks are bringing millions of dollars to the UPS hub in Northern Illinois.</p><p> The UPS air hub in Rockford is the company's second largest sorting facility in the U.S. They employ hundreds of full-time workers from the stateline and they all gained a bit more job security today.</p><p> </p><p> "Here at Hodgkins and also in Rockford, we want to keep UPS going strong," said Governor Quinn at a press conference in the Hodgkins UPS facility.</p><p> A new business deal between Illinois and UPS has guaranteed 3,000 or more full-time jobs will remain in place at the Rockford and Hodgkins facilities for the next 10 years. It's part of an ambitious plan by Governor Quinn to make Illinois the heart of american imports.</p><p> He said, "It's important to have a distribution network if we're going to be the inland port of the United States of America."</p><p> In addition to guaranteeing jobs, UPS and their North Central Region President, George Brooks, has agreed to invest 91 million dollars to improve and moderinize the Rockford and Hodgkins hubs.</p><p> "Cause we believe as business grow, jobs are created and employment opportunities show themselves. So we'll continue to grow our business here in illinois," said Brooks.</p><p> The 35 UPS locations in Illinois came under threat when the company began to consider restructuring and other cost saving measures. A significant number of jobs would have been lost if this deal wasn't brokered.</p><p> "There are 24,000 people employed by UPS throughout the state of Illinois, one of our major employers. So clearly, we want to do all we can to help the company grow and thrive," said Warren Ribley, Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.</p><p> According to Governor Quinn, one-third of the country's gross domestic product is within 24 hours of Illinois, and he hopes to use those statistics to help expand the state's distribution operations.</p><p> The deal between the state and UPS only includes full-time jobs at the Rockford and Hodgkins locations. The thousands of part-time employees will not have any such guarantee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kale931, post: 687751, member: 28404"] I know I read that on here somewhere, but I did a search and found it. There are multiple articles between Chicago news and Rockford news stating the same thing. A decade of jobs and growth is a guarantee for one of Rockford's largest employers. State tax breaks are bringing millions of dollars to the UPS hub in Northern Illinois. The UPS air hub in Rockford is the company's second largest sorting facility in the U.S. They employ hundreds of full-time workers from the stateline and they all gained a bit more job security today. "Here at Hodgkins and also in Rockford, we want to keep UPS going strong," said Governor Quinn at a press conference in the Hodgkins UPS facility. A new business deal between Illinois and UPS has guaranteed 3,000 or more full-time jobs will remain in place at the Rockford and Hodgkins facilities for the next 10 years. It's part of an ambitious plan by Governor Quinn to make Illinois the heart of american imports. He said, "It's important to have a distribution network if we're going to be the inland port of the United States of America." In addition to guaranteeing jobs, UPS and their North Central Region President, George Brooks, has agreed to invest 91 million dollars to improve and moderinize the Rockford and Hodgkins hubs. "Cause we believe as business grow, jobs are created and employment opportunities show themselves. So we'll continue to grow our business here in illinois," said Brooks. The 35 UPS locations in Illinois came under threat when the company began to consider restructuring and other cost saving measures. A significant number of jobs would have been lost if this deal wasn't brokered. "There are 24,000 people employed by UPS throughout the state of Illinois, one of our major employers. So clearly, we want to do all we can to help the company grow and thrive," said Warren Ribley, Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. According to Governor Quinn, one-third of the country's gross domestic product is within 24 hours of Illinois, and he hopes to use those statistics to help expand the state's distribution operations. The deal between the state and UPS only includes full-time jobs at the Rockford and Hodgkins locations. The thousands of part-time employees will not have any such guarantee. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Building closing?
Top