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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to honor Helen Miller, President of |
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| Service Employees International Union Local 880, for her hard |
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| work and dedication; and
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| WHEREAS, Helen Miller has been a member of the Service |
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| Employees International Union Local 880 for 22 years and has |
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| held the office of President for eight years; from her own work |
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| as a personal assistant providing in-home care to people with |
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| disabilities, she became the leader of the largest union local |
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| in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, She was elected to the SEIU Illinois Council in |
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| 1999 and elected Sergeant-at-Arms in 2003; she was a founding |
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| member of the personal assistant organizing committee, which in |
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| 2003 negotiated a historic first contract with the State of |
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| Illinois that brought a 35% wage increase and a strong voice to |
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| 23,000 workers; and
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| WHEREAS, Helen Miller was recognized as a 2004 recipient of |
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| the Ms. Foundation's Gloria Award and a 2005 recipient of the |
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| Women's E-News award for her leadership in ensuring that home |
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| care workers are "invisible no more"; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005, she led the first campaign in the nation |
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| to unite more than 40,000 home child care providers in our |
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| State for quality care and quality jobs and winning a 35% rate |
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| increase and a commitment to fund health care for home child |
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| care providers; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a recognized community leader in the fight |
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| for living wage jobs and a better quality of life for all |
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| working families; she was the first home care worker to be |
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| elected to the SEIU International Executive Board in 2004 and |
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| has traveled across the country to help thousands more workers |
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| beyond her home state unite in the Union; and
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| WHEREAS, Helen Miller has committed her life and her work |
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| to the fight for social and economic justice on the job and in |
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| the community; under her leadership, SEIU Local 880 has grown |
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| to more than 65,000 members across the State of Illinois; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Helen Miller on a job well done; through her hard |
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| work Service Employees International Union Local 880 continues |
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| to support the people who work to provide assistance for |
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| others; and be it further
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