Full Text of HR1437 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Rory L. Washburn on the | 4 | | occasion of being inducted into the East Central Iowa - | 5 | | Northwestern Illinois AFL-CIO Hall of Fame; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, As a member of the International Association of | 7 | | Heat and Frost Insulators and Director of the Tri-City Building | 8 | | Trades Council, Rory Washburn has had the privilege of being a | 9 | | union member for 37 years; he began his career with the | 10 | | Insulators in 1980, starting his apprenticeship with | 11 | | International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 81 | 12 | | in 1982; he became a Journeyman Insulator in 1986; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1988, Rory Washburn was elected to the | 14 | | Executive Board of Local 81; after serving for six years as a | 15 | | member of the Executive Board, he was elected to serve as | 16 | | Business Manager of Local 81 in 1995, serving there until 2002; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, Rory Washburn was elected to serve as | 19 | | Executive Director of the Tri-City Building and Construction | 20 | | Trades Council, a position he has held for the last 14 years; | 21 | | during this time, he has also served as Co-Chair of the Illowa | 22 | | Labor Management Council and as Secretary-Treasurer for the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Prevailing Wage Council; he is proud of the working | 2 | | relationships that have been built with local, state, and | 3 | | federal officials across Illinois and Iowa; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Rory Washburn has worked | 5 | | with many economic development and civic organizations, | 6 | | including the United Way, Vera French, the Riverboat | 7 | | Development Association, the Red Cross, the NAACP, the Boys and | 8 | | Girls Club, the American Heart Association, Junior | 9 | | Achievement, Quad Cities Interfaith, the Quad City Federation | 10 | | of Labor, ReNew Moline, the Bi-State Regional Commission, the | 11 | | Illinois Prevailing Wage Council, Iowa State Building Trades, | 12 | | the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Davenport One, the Bettendorf | 13 | | Chamber of Commerce, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, the | 14 | | Clinton Regional Development Group, the Galesburg Chamber of | 15 | | Commerce, and the Galesburg Regional Economic Development | 16 | | Association; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rory Washburn and his wife Ann have been married | 18 | | for 27 years; they have two children, Ryan and Reagan; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 | | congratulate Rory L. Washburn on the occasion of being inducted | 23 | | into the East Central Iowa - Northwestern Illinois AFL-CIO Hall |
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| 1 | | of Fame and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 2 | | future; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Rory Washburn as a symbol of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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