Full Text of HR1175 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Edward | 4 | | "Ed" Sadlowski, who passed away on June 10, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski was a union activist and represented | 6 | | thousands of steelworkers in Chicago and Gary, Indiana; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski was born into a steelworker family on | 8 | | September 10, 1938 and grew up in the southeast side's South | 9 | | Chicago neighborhood, watching his father organize at the | 10 | | Inland Steel Company; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski earned the nickname "Oilcan Eddie" | 12 | | while following in his father's footsteps as a union organizer | 13 | | and working as a machinist at United States Steel South Works | 14 | | in 1956; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski worked his way up to the top position | 16 | | with the site's union in 1964, overseeing approximately 23,000 | 17 | | workers; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1975, with the platform "Steelworkers Fight | 19 | | Back", Ed Sadlowski became president of United Steelworkers | 20 | | District 31, its largest region, encompassing 128,000 members |
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| 1 | | in Chicago and Gary; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski became a district union chief with | 3 | | United Steelworkers in 1977, gaining national attention as an | 4 | | insurgent during a bid for the union presidency; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Ed Sadlowski championed | 6 | | workers' right to strike and to ratify their own contracts; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski served on the local panel of the | 8 | | Illinois Labor Relations Board from 1993 to 2012; he was | 9 | | inducted into the Illinois Labor History Society's Union Hall | 10 | | of Honor in 2012; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski was the voice of the working class | 12 | | and gave power to the men and women who work in the trenches in | 13 | | rank-and-file positions; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski worked his whole life for the ideals | 15 | | of trade unionism, creating a profound and lasting influence | 16 | | throughout all of organized labor; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ed Sadlowski is survived by his wife, Marlene; his | 18 | | children, Chicago Alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza, Patricia | 19 | | Hoyt, Edward Sadlowski Jr., and Diane Agelson; 11 | 20 | | grandchildren; and two great grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | mourn the passing of Edward "Ed" Sadlowski, and extend our | 4 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 5 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Ed Sadlowski as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy and sincerest appreciation for his life's work | 9 | | and achievements.
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