Full Text of HR1665 95th General Assembly
HR1665 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ray Harris on the | 4 |
| occasion of his retirement from AFSCME Council 31; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Harris has served as Director of | 6 |
| Intergovernmental Affairs of AFSCME Council 31 since June of | 7 |
| 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, In his more than 20 years as a lobbyist, Ray | 9 |
| Harris has not only served the interests of AFSCME members | 10 |
| employed by Cook County with dedication, he has become one of | 11 |
| the most well-known and well-respected union lobbyists of the | 12 |
| Cook County Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Harris has served the interests of all the | 14 |
| residents of Cook County in his efforts to preserve access to | 15 |
| public health care; and
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| WHEREAS, A Chicago native, Ray Harris was raised on the | 17 |
| West Side of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Ray Harris began his career with AFSCME as an | 19 |
| International union organizer in 1985 to work on a campaign to | 20 |
| organize Cook County employees; he was then hired by AFSCME |
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| Council 31 as a lobbyist in 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his association with AFSCME, Ray Harris | 3 |
| worked at International Harvester, beginning on the shop floor | 4 |
| in 1970; he became a union steward in 1971, was elected | 5 |
| Alternate Committeeman in 1974, and then elected Committeeman | 6 |
| in 1979, a position he kept until he left Harvester in 1984; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Ray Harris has never forgotten that working men | 9 |
| and women need a voice; he has spoken just as passionately for | 10 |
| their interests in the halls of power in Cook County as he did | 11 |
| on the shop floor; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, While Ray Harris, to whom no one is ever a | 13 |
| stranger, will be missed by his peers, his retirement will give | 14 |
| him more time to devote to his family, especially his beautiful | 15 |
| and supportive wife of 39 years, Mimi Harris, and his beloved | 16 |
| granddaughter, Rayven Harris; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Ray Harris on the occasion of his retirement and | 20 |
| wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Ray Harris as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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