Full Text of HR0099 95th General Assembly
HR0099 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Michael L. Klein, Senior | 4 |
| Field Representative with the AFL-CIO, on his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Klein received his education from Loras | 6 |
| College in Dubuque, Iowa, obtaining a Bachelor's degree in | 7 |
| Accounting, with Economics and Philosophy as a double minor; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Michael Klein has spent more than fifty years | 10 |
| working with the labor movement, first with the United Auto | 11 |
| Workers (UAW) and then with the American Federation of Labor | 12 |
| and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); he has | 13 |
| worked across the country, from Washington, D.C., to | 14 |
| California, promoting and aiding the labor movement; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Klein has had a long and colorful career, | 16 |
| including working with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm | 17 |
| Workers, United States Senator from Illinois Dick Durbin, | 18 |
| Governor Rod Blagojevich, California Governor Gray Davis, and | 19 |
| New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Klein was a senior labor representative | 21 |
| with over fifty years in the labor movement; he has experience |
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| in labor and management relations, legislative and political | 2 |
| action, membership education, staff training, and community | 3 |
| and public relations; he is a motivational leader with a proven | 4 |
| ability to train and mentor young union activists; and he is | 5 |
| adept in developing, building, and maintaining key community | 6 |
| partners and alliances; and
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| WHEREAS, Michael Klein's last position with the AFL-CIO | 8 |
| before his retirement was his appointment in the Fall of 2005 | 9 |
| as Senior Field Representative; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate Michael L. Klein on a job well done and wish him | 13 |
| nothing but the best for his future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Michael L. Klein as a symbol of our respect.
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