Full Text of HR0591 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives
wish to congratulate Michael T. Carrigan on the | 4 | | occasion of his
retirement as the president of the Illinois | 5 | | American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial | 6 | | Organizations (AFL-CIO); and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan was elected president of the | 8 | | Illinois
AFL-CIO on February 28, 2007 by unanimous decision of | 9 | | the State
Federation Executive Board; during his 19-year tenure | 10 | | at the
AFL-CIO, he served faithfully for 12 years as president | 11 | | and 7
years as secretary-treasurer; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan's visionary approach resulted in | 13 | | many
initiatives and successes for the Illinois AFL-CIO, | 14 | | including a
gradual minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, the | 15 | | legalization
of cannabis, and a $45 billion infrastructure | 16 | | program; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan serves on the national AFL-CIO | 18 | | State
Federation and Central Labor Council Advisory Committee, | 19 | | at the
behest of the AFL-CIO President; at the regional level, | 20 | | he served as the chairman of the 12-state AFL-CIO Midwest
Labor | 21 | | Federation Council; at the state level, he is a member of
the | 22 | | Illinois Prevailing Wage Council Executive Board and was |
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| 1 | | appointed in 2005 to serve on the Workers' Compensation | 2 | | Advisory
Board; he has held a number of other labor positions, | 3 | | including trustee on the NECA-IBEW
Health and Welfare Trust | 4 | | Fund and Pension Fund Boards,
chairman of the South-Central | 5 | | Illinois Telecommunication Council
of the IBEW, and president | 6 | | of the Decatur Building Trades
Council; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Outside of his labor activities, Michael Carrigan
| 8 | | served as co-chair of the Illinois Climate Change Advisory | 9 | | Group
(ICCAG) and the Alliance to Protect the Illinois | 10 | | Constitution
(APIC); he formerly served on the Economic | 11 | | Development
Corporation of Decatur/Macon County, the Macon | 12 | | County Merit
Commission, and the Decatur Celebration Board; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his career as a labor activist, Michael
| 14 | | Carrigan was elected to the Decatur City Council in 1995 and
| 15 | | served nearly four terms on the council before being appointed
| 16 | | mayor of Decatur in July of 2008 to serve out the remaining | 17 | | term
of the retiring mayor; he served as business | 18 | | manager/financial
secretary for IBEW Local 146 in Decatur from | 19 | | 1992 to 2000; he
was a journeyman wireman in Decatur from 1978 | 20 | | to 1990 before
becoming assistant business manager of the | 21 | | local; he graduated from MacMurray College (Jacksonville) in | 22 | | 1976 with a
Bachelor of Science; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan built strong relationships with
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| 1 | | leaders across the great State of Illinois; he is a dedicated
| 2 | | champion of the labor movement in Illinois; he is a vigorous
| 3 | | defender of workers' rights and helped lead monumental efforts
| 4 | | toward important labor legislation with county and State
| 5 | | leaders; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we
congratulate Michael T. Carrigan on the occasion of his
| 9 | | retirement as the president of the AFL-CIO, and we commend his
| 10 | | 19-years of service to the AFL-CIO; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented
to Michael Carrigan as an expression of our esteem | 13 | | and respect.
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