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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois wish to congratulate David W. Hayes on the |
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| occasion of his retirement from Machinist Local 660 on February |
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| 29, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hayes started working at the Olin Corporation |
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| in East Alton in 1959; he has served the Machinist Union as a |
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| Steward, a Committee Person, Chairperson of the Mechanical |
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| Groups, Lodge Trustee, Recording Secretary, and he was elected |
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| as the full time Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Bluff City |
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| Lodge No. 660 in 1989 and has been re-elected four times since; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, During the two-month Olin strike, Mr. Hayes was |
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| responsible for the payments of over $2.1 million in strike |
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| benefits to the 2,583 Machinists on strike at Olin; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hayes is a 44-year member of the Machinist |
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| Union; he has represented Bluff City Lodge No. 660 at the last |
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| seven International Conventions; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hayes has been responsible for lining up the |
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| Alton Labor Day Parade and getting it started on time; he has |
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| served on the Executive Board of the 12th Congressional |
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| District C.O.P.E., and he has served as the first Vice |
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| President of the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor for |
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| the last 15 years; he serves as a representative for the |
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| Greater Madison County Federation of Labor on what is now the |
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| 19th Congressional District C.O.P.E.; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hayes has represented the Federation on the |
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| Board of Directors of The Greater Alton/Twin Rivers Growth |
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| Association; he has been the Labor Representative on the United |
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| Way Partnership for many years, serving on its Executive Board |