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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representative are pleased to congratulate Roger E. Poole on
4 the occasion of his retirement as Directing Business
5 Representative of District 9 International Association of
6 Machinists and Aerospace Workers (I.A.M.A.W.); and
 
7     WHEREAS, Roger Poole was a 43-year member of Automotive
8 Lodge 313 and was elected to serve as President and
9 Vice-President of the lodge; he was elected Business
10 Representative in January of 1979; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Roger Poole was elected to serve as Directing
12 Business Representative of District 9 I.A.M.A.W., a position he
13 served in from January 1, 2004 until his retirement; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Prior to joining the staff at District 9, Roger
15 Poole was active in his Local, serving as a delegate to the
16 Belleville Union Labor Council, the Southwestern Illinois
17 Central Labor Council, the Greater Madison County Federation of
18 Labor, District Lodge 9, the Illinois State Council of
19 Machinists, the Mid-West States Conference of Machinists, and
20 the Illinois State AFL-CIO; he also served as a delegate to
21 every I.A.M. convention since 1972; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Roger Poole is a member of the International
2 Association of Machinists Law Committee and the Machinists
3 Non-Partisan Political League National Planning Committee; he
4 has served as president of the Mid-West State Council of
5 Machinists and as president of the 12th Congressional District
6 of C.O.P.E. AFL-CIO; he has served as Vice-President of the
7 Illinois and Missouri State AFL-CIO; he has been an Executive
8 Board member of the St. Louis Labor Council and has served on
9 the Executive Committee of the United Way of Greater St. Louis;
10 he has also served as an elected Democrat Precinct
11 Committeeman; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Roger Poole was the recipient of the Labor Man of
13 the Year Award from the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor
14 Council and the Community Services Labor Man of the Year Award
15 from the St. Louis Labor Council; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Roger Poole has been married to his wife, Rosalie,
17 for 43 years; he has two sons, Brian and Jason, two
18 daughters-in-law, Barbara and Gina, and two grandchildren,
19 Darby and Cody; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
22 congratulate Roger E. Poole on the occasion of his retirement
23 and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it

 

 

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1 further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Roger Poole as a symbol of our respect and esteem.