Full Text of HR1062 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the accomplishments of Jorge | 4 | | Ramirez, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor and a | 5 | | vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress | 6 | | of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jorge Ramirez has served as an officer with the | 8 | | Chicago Federation of Labor since July of 2006 and was elected | 9 | | the CFL's first Latino president in July of 2010; in February | 10 | | of 2015, he was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council as a | 11 | | vice president; he is also the Chairman of the Board of | 12 | | Managers for ST Acquisitions Holdings, which purchased the | 13 | | Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Reader, straightdope.com, and | 14 | | Answers Media in July of 2017, making him the first Latino | 15 | | chairman of a major media corporation; he is also a board | 16 | | member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jorge Ramirez earned his first union card in 1988 | 18 | | through the United Food and Commercial Workers International | 19 | | Union Local 100A, now Local 1546; he worked his way up, | 20 | | ultimately serving as UFCW Local 1546's executive director | 21 | | before joining the CFL; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Jorge Ramirez serves on executive and advisory |
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| 1 | | boards for labor, civic, and community organizations across the | 2 | | city and around the country, which allows him to represent the | 3 | | interests of labor and protect the fundamental rights of all | 4 | | workers; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Jorge Ramirez works with the Metropolitan Pier and | 6 | | Exposition Authority, the Chicago Sports Commission, Choose | 7 | | Chicago, and Chicago Infrastructure Trust and Navy Pier, Inc. | 8 | | to bring jobs and expand the region's economy by growing and | 9 | | improving the city's manufacturing, infrastructure, tourism, | 10 | | and trade show opportunities; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Jorge Ramirez also serves on the boards of the | 12 | | Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, the United Way of Metropolitan | 13 | | Chicago, the Archdiocese of Chicago Office for Immigrant | 14 | | Affairs, the St. Joseph College Seminary, and other civic and | 15 | | community groups; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jorge Ramirez graduated from the University of | 17 | | Texas at El Paso with a double major in marketing and computer | 18 | | information systems; he later went on to receive his Juris | 19 | | Doctor from the Chicago-Kent College of Law; he and his wife, | 20 | | Catrina, have four sons; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | recognize the accomplishments of Jorge Ramirez, and wish him | 2 | | success in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Jorge Ramirez as a symbol of our respect and | 5 | | esteem.
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