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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Michael T. Carrigan on the
4occasion of his retirement as the president of the Illinois
5American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
6Organizations (AFL-CIO); and
 
7    WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan was elected president of the
8Illinois AFL-CIO on February 28, 2007 by unanimous decision of
9the State Federation Executive Board; during his 19-year tenure
10at the AFL-CIO, he served faithfully for 12 years as president
11and 7 years as secretary-treasurer; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan's visionary approach resulted in
13many initiatives and successes for the Illinois AFL-CIO,
14including a gradual minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, the
15legalization of cannabis, and a $45 billion infrastructure
16program; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan serves on the national AFL-CIO
18State Federation and Central Labor Council Advisory Committee,
19at the behest of the AFL-CIO President; at the regional level,
20he served as the chairman of the 12-state AFL-CIO Midwest Labor
21Federation Council; at the state level, he is a member of the
22Illinois Prevailing Wage Council Executive Board and was

 

 

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1appointed in 2005 to serve on the Workers' Compensation
2Advisory Board; he has held a number of other labor positions,
3including trustee on the NECA-IBEW Health and Welfare Trust
4Fund and Pension Fund Boards, chairman of the South-Central
5Illinois Telecommunication Council of the IBEW, and president
6of the Decatur Building Trades Council; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Outside of his labor activities, Michael Carrigan
8served as co-chair of the Illinois Climate Change Advisory
9Group (ICCAG) and the Alliance to Protect the Illinois
10Constitution (APIC); he formerly served on the Economic
11Development Corporation of Decatur/Macon County, the Macon
12County Merit Commission, and the Decatur Celebration Board; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Prior to his career as a labor activist, Michael
14Carrigan was elected to the Decatur City Council in 1995 and
15served nearly four terms on the council before being appointed
16mayor of Decatur in July of 2008 to serve out the remaining
17term of the retiring mayor; he served as business
18manager/financial secretary for IBEW Local 146 in Decatur from
191992 to 2000; he was a journeyman wireman in Decatur from 1978
20to 1990 before becoming assistant business manager of the
21local; he graduated from MacMurray College (Jacksonville) in
221976 with a Bachelor of Science; and
 
23    WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan built strong relationships with

 

 

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1leaders across the great State of Illinois; he is a dedicated
2champion of the labor movement in Illinois; he is a vigorous
3defender of workers' rights and helped lead monumental efforts
4toward important labor legislation with county and State
5leaders; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
7HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8we congratulate Michael T. Carrigan on the occasion of his
9retirement as the president of the AFL-CIO, and we commend his
1019-years of service to the AFL-CIO; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Michael Carrigan as an expression of our esteem
13and respect.