Full Text of HR0200 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell, President of Local 881 of the | 3 | | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) | 4 | | retired on December 1, 2018 after 57 and a half years of | 5 | | dedicated service to the working men and women in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell honorably served his country in | 7 | | the United States Army and studied at Northern Illinois | 8 | | University before starting his career at the Jewel Tea Company | 9 | | in DeKalb, where he led the first recognition strike against | 10 | | the company; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell then joined the staff of Local | 12 | | 881, formerly the United Retail Workers Union, Independent, and | 13 | | served the union as a Field Representative, Director of Field | 14 | | Operations, Vice President of the Executive Board, and | 15 | | Secretary-Treasurer; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell was elected to the office of | 17 | | President in 1983 and, to date, has been the longest-serving | 18 | | Constitutional Officer of Local 881; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell was elected as a Vice President | 20 | | of the Illinois AFL-CIO Executive Board in 1986, serving as a | 21 | | leading voice in its governance under five Illinois AFL-CIO |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell has dedicated his career to the | 3 | | rights of union members and workers throughout Illinois and | 4 | | Northwest Indiana and, under his steadfast leadership, has | 5 | | helped countless workers find their voice on the job; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powell also served his community as a | 7 | | Village of Mundelein Trustee and, through his philanthropic | 8 | | endeavors, has raised hundreds of thousands for dollars for the | 9 | | Better Boys Foundation, the United Way, and the Leukemia and | 10 | | Lymphoma Society; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Ronald E. Powell on his retirement as President | 14 | | of Local 881 UFCW, and we wish him all the best in all his | 15 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Ronald E. Powell as an expression of our respect | 18 | | and esteem.
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