PLASTICS, NAM Push for Extension to 'Essential' Companies Definition
Trade groups push for more companies in the manufacturing supply chain to receive “essential” designation.
Two trade associations are offering to help manufacturers get their companies designated as “essential,” which would allow them to stay open during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has written a template letter for members to request that their 大象传媒 be identified as "essential." In an email to its members, it is advising that they with information specific to their 大象传媒. “It is our position that our entire supply chain is critical,” PLASTICS CEO and President Tony Radoszewski said in this email. “Whether you are supplying material or machinery, we believe you are an essential 大象传媒 and should be treated as such by the various governmental jurisdictions.”
Meantime, Jay Timmons, the president of the National Association of Manufacturers, last week petitioned the Chair of the National Governor's Association, the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the President of the National League of Cities and the President of the National Association of Counties to urge support for "designating, in our states and localities, all manufacturing facilities, supply chains and their employees as 'essential infrastructure' and 'essential 大象传媒es' to assure clear, consistent and more uniformly aligned guidance to 大象传媒es as our nation responds to the COVID19 pandemic."
Click here for NAM’s letter in its entirety.
鈥嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌This petition follows a recent NAM of an updated Policy Action Plan including a $1.4 trillion "Manufactures Resiliency Fund" and a federal designation that "deems the manufacturing supply chain 'essential' to help mitigate any interruptions in providing the supplies that are critical to the health and safety of America."
