Full Text of SR0968 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of George White, who passed away on April | 4 | | 22, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, George White was born on November 9, 1954; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, George White was a longtime member of Service | 7 | | Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, | 8 | | Missouri, Kansas (SEIU HCIIMK); he first joined the union | 9 | | while working at a nursing home; more recently, he continued | 10 | | to serve the union as a home care worker with Addus Healthcare, | 11 | | where he played an important role in bargaining committees to | 12 | | negotiate contracts for home care workers; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, As a union leader for SEIU HCIIMK, George White | 14 | | was noted for his calm, levelheaded, and driven approach to | 15 | | bargaining, effectively winning historic raises and paid time | 16 | | off for thousands of home care workers across the State; he | 17 | | also served on the executive board, where he was instrumental | 18 | | in union-wide decisions that impacted approximately 90,000 | 19 | | health care and child care providers in Illinois, Indiana, | 20 | | Missouri, and Kansas; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, George White was a longtime advocate for working |
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| 1 | | class people and assisted in a number of campaigns, including | 2 | | the Fight for $15 movement, the Bring Home Chicago coalition | 3 | | and referendum, the Purple Brigade, and Senator Lakesia | 4 | | Collins' first race for a seat on the Illinois House of | 5 | | Representatives in 2020, helping to elect the first SEIU | 6 | | health care worker to public office; he also lent his talents | 7 | | towards serving Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, George White was a believer and a supporter of | 9 | | racial and economic justice for the working class, and his | 10 | | faith motivated him as a leader; as such, he was committed to | 11 | | doing the work necessary, not just talking about it; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, George White will be remembered as a frontline | 13 | | worker, leader, and mentor to all with whom he crossed paths | 14 | | and for his contributions to organized labor and toward | 15 | | building a better future for all; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, George White is survived by his wife of 35 years, | 17 | | Linda Griffin White; his children, George Griffin, Damon | 18 | | White, Tina Bryant, Kim Yarbrough, and Geneva White; his | 19 | | nieces and nephews, Sharlita White, James Smith, Richard | 20 | | Smith, and Lutricia Smith; and a host of grandchildren; | 21 | | therefore, be it | 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | George White and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 3 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of George White as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy. |
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