Full Text of HR0541 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased
congratulate Rosalind L. Wells for | 4 | | her 35 years of service
to the Southwestern Illinois Central | 5 | | Labor Council AFL-CIO in Saint Clair
County, Monroe County, and | 6 | | Washington County; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council | 8 | | AFL-CIO
serves working families, communities, and youth; it | 9 | | honors union brothers and sisters in their work and dedication | 10 | | to unionism and for their contributions to the good and welfare | 11 | | of the community through their
participation in voluntary | 12 | | social, civic, religious, and educational activities; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells is a life-long resident of the city | 14 | | of East Saint Louis; she attended the East Saint Louis public | 15 | | school system, Southern Illinois University, and Maryville | 16 | | College; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells has served the members of the East | 18 | | Saint Louis Federation of Teachers Local #1220 (Illinois | 19 | | Federation of Teachers/American Federation of Teachers) | 20 | | AFL-CIO for over 35 consecutive years as First Vice-President, | 21 | | Executive Council Member, Grievance Chairperson, Negotiation | 22 | | Team Member, Building Representative, and union lobbyist, as |
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| 1 | | well as a United Way member, and Salvation Army annual bell | 2 | | ringer; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells has been an educational leader and | 4 | | classroom teacher in high school, junior high school, and | 5 | | elementary school; she has coached junior high school girls | 6 | | basketball and received accolades for services rendered to the | 7 | | National Beta Society; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells has been an officer, usher ministry | 9 | | member, youth choir director, Girl Scout leader, and member of | 10 | | the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of East Saint Louis | 11 | | for 30 years; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells is a member of Delta Sigma Theta | 13 | | Sorority; she has been an active member, supporter, | 14 | | participant, and volunteer for the Red Cross, senior citizen | 15 | | activities, the American Cancer Society, the Multiple | 16 | | Sclerosis Society, the National Association for the | 17 | | Advancement of Colored People, the National Council of Negro | 18 | | Women, and many other community service, civic, social, and | 19 | | religious endeavours; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells was recognized in 2013 as the | 21 | | George R. Badgley's Labor Woman of the Year by the Southwestern | 22 | | Illinois Central Labor Council AFL-CIO at their annual awards |
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| 1 | | banquet and recognition program; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Rosalind Wells serves a model of hard work, | 3 | | integrity, and dedication for the labor unions and for the | 4 | | State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate Rosalind L. Wells for her 35 years of service
| 8 | | to the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council AFL-CIO; and | 9 | | be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Rosalind Wells as an expression of our esteem and | 12 | | respect.
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