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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representative are pleased to congratulate Roger E. Poole on 
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the occasion of his retirement as Directing Business 
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Representative of District 9 International Association of 
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Machinists and Aerospace Workers (I.A.M.A.W.); and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Poole was a 43-year member of Automotive 
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Lodge 313 and was elected to serve as President and 
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Vice-President of the lodge; he was elected Business 
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Representative in January of 1979; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Poole was elected to serve as Directing 
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Business Representative of District 9 I.A.M.A.W., a position he 
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served in from January 1, 2004 until his retirement; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Prior to joining the staff at District 9, Roger 
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Poole was active in his Local, serving as a delegate to the 
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Belleville Union Labor Council, the Southwestern Illinois 
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Central Labor Council, the Greater Madison County Federation of 
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Labor, District Lodge 9, the Illinois State Council of 
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Machinists, the Mid-West States Conference of Machinists, and 
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the Illinois State AFL-CIO; he also served as a delegate to 
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every I.A.M. convention since 1972; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Roger Poole is a member of the International 
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Association of Machinists Law Committee and the Machinists 
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Non-Partisan Political League National Planning Committee; he 
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has served as president of the Mid-West State Council of 
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Machinists and as president of the 12th Congressional District 
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of C.O.P.E. AFL-CIO; he has served as Vice-President of the 
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Illinois and Missouri State AFL-CIO; he has been an Executive 
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Board member of the St. Louis Labor Council and has served on 
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the Executive Committee of the United Way of Greater St. Louis; 
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he has also served as an elected Democrat Precinct 
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Committeeman; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Poole was the recipient of the Labor Man of 
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the Year Award from the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor 
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Council and the Community Services Labor Man of the Year Award 
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from the St. Louis Labor Council; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Poole has been married to his wife, Rosalie, 
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for 43 years; he has two sons, Brian and Jason, two 
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daughters-in-law, Barbara and Gina, and two grandchildren, 
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Darby and Cody; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Roger E. Poole on the occasion of his retirement 
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and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it 
 


 






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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Roger Poole as a symbol of our respect and esteem.