HR0664 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union on recently holding their 44th convention, which occurs once every five years; and

WHEREAS, The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union is a proud member of the Illinois AFL-CIO and a trade association with beginnings in the 1890s; and

WHEREAS, The Iron Workers Union represents 120,000 members across North America; and

WHEREAS, Iron workers build safely and skillfully, ensuring that quality bridges and infrastructure improvements are made correctly and on time; and

WHEREAS, Iron workers are the "Bridge Builders of Illinois" as demonstrated by the improvement of at least 290 bridges since the beginning of Rebuild Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Iron workers are doing their part in the renewable energy sector to help carefully construct wind turbines, helping power Illinois for generations to come; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate and thank the Iron Workers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity and the Iron Workers St. Louis District Council for their invaluable work on the infrastructure of our state, as they are the working people that conduct the manual labor stemming from 30% of the planned distribution spending of the Rebuild Illinois capital plan; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the business managers of all Iron Worker Local Unions in the State of Illinois as an expression of our esteem and respect for the daily work they and their members do to make Illinois a leading state for world-class infrastructure.