Illinois Manufacturers' Association

Illinois Manufacturers' Association
AbbreviationIMA
FormationSeptember 29, 1893; 131 years ago (1893-09-29)
TypeTrade association
PurposeLobbying
HeadquartersOak Brook, Illinois
President & CEO
Mark Denzler
Vice President
Gordy Hulten
Websiteima-net.org
Formerly called
Illinois Manufacturers' Protective Association

The Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) is a trade association for manufacturing companies in Illinois. It bills itself as "the oldest and largest statewide manufacturing trade association in the United States." Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, and founded in 1893 by businessmen opposed to legislation limiting the working hours of women, IMA has more than 4000 member companies. The association lobbies on behalf of Illinois manufacturing interests and has its own political action committee and polling organization. IMA's president and CEO is Mark Denzler. The IMA publishes a quarterly magazine, The Illinois Manufacturer.[1]

History

On September 29, 1893, Illinois manufacturers met at the Grand Pacific Hotel to organize in opposition to the Sweatshop Law of 1893 that prohibited child labor and mandated an eight-hour workday.[2][3] The manufacturers formed the Illinois Manufacturers' Protective Association "for the purpose of co-operating to test the constitutionality of a recent act of the Legislature of this State limiting the hours of Female Labor."[4] Governor Peter Altgeld had made Florence Kelley the Chief Factory Inspector for the state of Illinois.[5] The Manufacturers' Protective Association sponsored a number of cases which led to the Illinois Supreme Court finding that Section 5 of the Act, which limited women's working weeks to 48 hours and their day to eight hours, unconstitutional in 1895.[2][6] After Governor Altgeld was not re-elected in 1896 and Kelley was removed from her position, flagrant violations of the child labor provision were reported.[2]

During the Coal Strike of 1919, the Illinois Manufacturers' Association announced a boycott against the striking coal miners, holding up orders of food, clothing and fuel for mining communities.[7] Earlier that year, the IMA had asked the House Interstate Commerce Committee to outlaw railroad strikes or lockouts.[8]

The Illinois Manufacturers' Association attempted to keep the Chicago labor radio station WCFL off the air in 1926 by protesting the use of Navy Pier as the station's transmitter and broadcasting site.[9]

In 1935, the IMA opposed the Social Security Act, which it said would increase unemployment.[10]

IMA commissioned a study by Fantus in 1975 that addressed state-by-state business climate in the United States. The study was criticized for its heavy emphasis on unions and taxes in its formulations.[11] The IMA considered a merger with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in 2000.[12]

In 2010, Janice Christiansen became the first woman to become chair of the IMA Board of Directors.[13] That year, IMA President Greg Baise was required to testify at a Bloomington trial regarding an alleged corporate conspiracy to conceal the hazards of asbestos.[14]

In 2012, the IMA spoke out in favor of Illinois' enterprise zones[15] and was a vocal member of the STOP Coalition, which opposed the construction of a coal power plant with pollution mitigation in Taylorville by Tenaska Energy.[16] The association also supported plastic bag recycling.[17]

Since 2019, the association has sponsored an annual “Makers Madness Contest,” a tournament where the Illinois public votes for its favorite product made in Illinois. Voters cast their ballots online until 16 top products are determined, then continue voting in one-to-one matchups until the winner is chosen.[18] More than 300,000 votes were cast in the 2023 “Coolest Thing Made in Illinois” competition.[19] The winner was the Rosenberg Moon Habitat manufactured by Ingersoll Machine Tools in Rockford, in collaboration with the Institut auf dem Rosenberg of Switzerland. The complex is designed to house two at a time on the moon. It is the world's tallest single-piece 3D printed polymer structure.[20] A Komatzu mining truck, built in Peoria and designed to carry 400 tons, won the 2024 “Coolest Thing Made in Illinois” competition.[21]

In 2022, the IMA was awarded the Conference of State Manufacturers’ Leadership Award, presented by COSMA, the National Association of Manufacturers's official state partners. The achievements of the IMA incorporated a $7 million “Manufacturing Jobs Campaign,” focused on attracting veterans, women and communities of color (among others) to seek careers in the manufacturing sector.[22]

Political influence

According to the IMA website, the association has influenced legislation resulting in corporate tax and sales tax breaks for its members of $300 million annually.[23]

The association reviews bills introduced to the Illinois General Assembly and maintains a Legislative Watch List where it indicates its support or opposition to individual bills.[24] In 2012, the IMA opposed bills that would require health insurance to cover pre-existing conditions, tie the minimum wage to the consumer price index, and provide coverage for maternity care and sick leave.[24] The IMA also supported bills that would release employers from the obligation to pay workers compensation to employees that were discharged for cause, create an Illinois Health Benefits Exchange as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and amend the Employee Classification Act so that the term "employment" does not apply to truck drivers.[24] In 2010, the IMA advocated tax exemptions for manufacturers.[25]

IMA President Mark Denzler is an employer representative of Illinois' Workers Compensation Advisory Board[26] and has hosted a weekly poker game in his office frequented by state legislators.[27][28]

The Illinois Manufacturers' Association is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization.[29] It has its own political action committee called Manufacturers PAC or MPAC.[30]

The Illinois Manufacturers' Association owns the for-profit subsidiary Xpress Professional Services, which conducts opinion polls through its polling organization, We Ask America.[31][32] The firm conducts automated polls and has been described as conservative leaning[33] and has received criticism for its methodology.[34][35]

Opposition to military right-to-repair legislation

In July 2024, IMA signed a letter to members of both the House Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Armed Services opposing Section 828 of S. 4628, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, entitled "Requirement for Contractors to Provide Reasonable Access to Repair Materials," which would require contractors doing business with the US military to agree "to provide the Department of Defense fair and reasonable access to all the repair materials, including parts, tools, and information, used by the manufacturer or provider or their authorized partners to diagnose, maintain, or repair the good or service."[36]

Notes

  1. ^ "The Illinois Manufacturer magazine". Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide. US History Publishers. 1939. p. 84. ISBN 9781603540124.
  3. ^ "Illinois Manufacturers Organize: They Will Protect Their Interests in the Female Labor Law". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 30, 1893. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Sklar, pp. 254-255
  5. ^ Sklar, p. 463
  6. ^ Mayer, Levy (1913). Opinions rendered to the Illinois Manufacturers' Association from January 1, 1899, to January 1, 1907. Chicago, Ill.: Illinois Manufacturers' Association. p. 42.
  7. ^ "Illinois Manufacturers Start Boycott on Striking Miners". The New York Times. December 5, 1919.
  8. ^ "WOULD CURB RAILROAD MEN; Illinois Manufacturers Want Law to Forbid Strikes and Lockouts". The New York Times. 22 August 1919.
  9. ^ "Origination of WCFL-transcript". Chicago Federation of Labor. Archived from the original on 19 August 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  10. ^ "Illinois Manufacturers Oppose Security Bill". The Wall Street Journal. May 7, 1935. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
  11. ^ LeRoy, Greg (2005). The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging And The Myth Of Job Creation. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, U.S. pp. 80–84. ISBN 9781576753156. Fantus Illinois Manufacturers Association.
  12. ^ "Financial woes muddy IMA-Chamber talks". Crain's Chicago Business. August 21, 2000.
  13. ^ Vergara, Rowena (January 6, 2010). "Local business president will lead Illinois manufacturers". The Beacon News.
  14. ^ Korris, Steve (October 14, 2010). "Manufacturers' president required to testify at Illinois asbestos trial". Legal Newsline.
  15. ^ Haas, Kevin (April 4, 2012). "Rockford officials urge state Senate panel to renew enterprise zones". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  16. ^ Yeagle, Patrick (May 24, 2012). "Tenaska drops clean coal plan for Taylorville". Illinois Times. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  17. ^ Degman, Alex (April 26, 2012). "Illinois Ponders Recycling Plastic Bags". Illinois Radio Network.
  18. ^ KMOV Staff (2 February 2023). "What's the coolest thing made in Illinois?". KFVS12.
  19. ^ KWQC Staff (2023-03-29). "Illinois manufacturing contest winner makes 3D printed shelter for the moon". www.kwqc.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  20. ^ "Moon habitat named 2023's 'Coolest Thing Made in Illinois'". Capitolnewsillinois.com.
  21. ^ Waigand, Cassidy. "Massive truck made in Peoria is named 'Coolest Thing Made in Illinois'". Peoria Journal Star.
  22. ^ "Illinois Manufacturers' Association Wins Inaugural COSMA Leadership Award". NAM. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  23. ^ "IMA Frequently Asked Questions". Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  24. ^ a b c "Legislative Watch List". Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.
  25. ^ Yan, Da (January 12, 2010). "Illinois lost more than 50,000 jobs in manufacturing". Medill Reports.
  26. ^ "IMA optimistic about changes to state's workmen's comp law". Illinois Review. January 31, 2012.
  27. ^ "Mark Denzler, Class of 1993". Illinois Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  28. ^ Dilanian, Ken (July 6, 2008). "Obama showed independent streak in lobbyist dealings". USA Today.
  29. ^ "Illinois Manufacturers Association". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. 9 May 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  30. ^ "Illinois Manufacturers Association". Follow the Money. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  31. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard (March 28, 2010). "Local polling firm is making its mark". The State Journal-Register.
  32. ^ Silver, Nate (February 21, 2011). "Rasmussen Poll on Wisconsin Dispute May Be Biased". FiveThirtyEight.
  33. ^ Guarino, Mark (August 16, 2011). "Share In final Wisconsin recall, signs of a national tea party backlash?". MinnPost.
  34. ^ "Looking Behind the Latest Wisconsin Poll – We Ask America". Daily Kos. May 14, 2012.
  35. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard (January 17, 2010). "Hynes OK'd ethics chief's outside law work". The State Journal-Register.
  36. ^ Koebler, Jason (2024-08-28). "Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair". 404 Media. Archived from the original on 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

References

  • Sklar, Kathryn Kish (1995). Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work: The Rise of Women's Political Culture, 1830-1900. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300072853.

Further reading

  • Kelly, Alfred H. (1940). A History of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. University of California.

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