Full Text of HR0936 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency | 3 | | that has resulted in 300,000 cases and nearly 10,000 deaths in | 4 | | Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In the early stages of the pandemic, the Cook | 6 | | County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) was considered the | 7 | | largest cluster of COVID-19 infections in the country; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, At one point, 1 in 6 COVID-19 cases in Illinois | 9 | | could be traced back to the Cook County Jail; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, While some Cook County workers have jobs that can | 11 | | be worked from home, CCDOC workers represented by Teamsters | 12 | | Local 700 have responsibilities that require them to work as | 13 | | frontline employees outside their homes and have jobs that | 14 | | require them to be in public and to interact with COVID-19 | 15 | | positive individuals; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The members of Teamsters Local 700 at CCDOC risk | 17 | | their lives and the health and safety of their families to | 18 | | provide Cook County residents with safe, clean, efficient, and | 19 | | effective services; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, CCDOC officers on the front line of the pandemic |
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| 1 | | are unable to practice social distancing because of the | 2 | | confined conditions at the jail; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Corrections officers' positions were identified | 4 | | months ago by their essential nature, and CCDOC officers have | 5 | | continued to provide critical services during the COVID-19 | 6 | | pandemic; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, CCDOC officers represented by Teamsters Local 700 | 8 | | put themselves in harm's way on a daily basis, many working | 9 | | 16-hour days without hazard pay; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, CCDOC officers are 10 times more likely to | 11 | | contract COVID-19 than the average American; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, More than 500 CCDOC officers have contracted | 13 | | COVID-19; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Six CCDOC officers represented by Teamsters Local | 15 | | 700 and one Court Services Deputy lost their lives due to | 16 | | COVID-19; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Sheila Rivera, a corrections officer since 2012, | 18 | | lost her life to COVID-19; she leaves behind a husband and a | 19 | | 16-year-old son; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Antoine Stewart, a corrections officer since 2010 | 2 | | and a resident of Crestwood, lost his life to COVID-19; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Antoine Jones, a corrections officer since 2002 | 4 | | and a South Side resident and grandfather of seven, lost his | 5 | | life to COVID-19; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jose Pedro Marquez, a corrections officer since | 7 | | 2004 and a resident of Berwyn, lost his life to COVID-19; he | 8 | | leaves behind five children and three grandchildren; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard O'Brien, a Cook County Sheriff's Deputy | 10 | | for 25 years, lost his life to COVID-19; he leaves behind a | 11 | | wife and three children; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jason Bobzin, a corrections officer since 2005 and | 13 | | a resident of Countryside, passed away after completing his | 14 | | shift at the jail; he leaves behind three children and six | 15 | | grandchildren; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Richard Santiago, a 31-year-old corrections | 17 | | officer and a resident of Elmwood Park, passed away due to | 18 | | COVID-19; he leaves behind his fiancé, Priscilla, and his son, | 19 | | Janius; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, These members lost their lives while providing |
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| 1 | | essential public safety services; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 3,000 CCDOC officers represented by Teamsters | 3 | | Local 700 continue to risk their lives in service to the | 4 | | public; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we recognize the sacrifices made by Sheila Rivera, Antoine | 8 | | Stewart, Antoine Jones, Jose Pedro Marquez, Richard O'Brien, | 9 | | Jason Bobzin, and Richard Santiago, and all of the men and | 10 | | women of the Cook County Department of Corrections represented | 11 | | by Teamsters Local 700; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Cook County to provide hazard pay to | 13 | | all corrections officers, in recognition of their continued | 14 | | public service under dangerous circumstances; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the families of Sheila Rivera, Antoine Stewart, | 17 | | Antoine Jones, Jose Pedro Marquez, Richard O'Brien, Jason | 18 | | Bobzin, and Richard Santiago and to Teamsters Local 700.
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