MI SR0096

Urges U.S. Congress to enact and implement a Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act to address severe economic conditions similar to those the original 1978 act was designed to remedy.

Cites Michigan's unemployment crisis, including an 8 percent increase in unemployment to 15.3 percent, 500,000 lost jobs, and the highest state unemployment rate for 27 of the past 28 months.

Notes unemployment rates in Detroit and Flint at 28.9 percent and 29.9 percent respectively, with nearly half of lost jobs in manufacturing and construction sectors.

Identifies needed federal interventions including worker retraining programs, public works initiatives, budget balancing, and trade policy reforms to reinvigorate Michigan's economy.

Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.