Full Text of HR1087 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ronald E. "Ron" | 4 | | Kastner on the occasion of his retirement as President/Business | 5 | | Manager/Financial Secretary of the International Brotherhood | 6 | | of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 21; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner has been a member of the IBEW since | 8 | | 1968; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner has served the IBEW Local Union 21 | 10 | | in a variety of leadership roles, including shop steward | 11 | | (1974), steward (1978), chief steward (1979), and business | 12 | | representative (1990); he served as Local 21's Vice President | 13 | | from 1996 to 1998 and has served in his current post as | 14 | | President/Business Manager/Financial Secretary since 1999; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner served as a delegate to the | 16 | | International Convention from 1982 to 2011; he has served as a | 17 | | delegate to the Telecommunications Conference and as a board | 18 | | member of the Telephone Division to the IBEW State Conference; | 19 | | he has also served as a delegate to the Chicago Federation of | 20 | | Labor and was the IBEW Vice President of the Illinois AFL-CIO; | 21 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner served as the Chief Union | 2 | | Negotiator during bargaining with SBC/Ameren and AT&T; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner was named the Chairman of the | 4 | | System Council T3 and was designated the 2011 Person of the | 5 | | Year by the Northeast Illinois Federation of Labor; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner has been a tireless advocate for | 7 | | his brothers and sisters in the labor movement; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner will enjoy his retirement by | 9 | | spending time with his wife, Judy; his sons, Ronald Jr., Jason, | 10 | | and Tim; and his granddaughter, Harper Elizabeth; he will also | 11 | | enjoy himself by collecting his most prized possessions, | 12 | | baseball cards; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Kastner will be sorely missed by his | 14 | | friends in organized labor, the telecommunications industry, | 15 | | and Illinois government and will be called upon for his wisdom | 16 | | and guidance on key issues; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Ronald E. "Ron" Kastner on his successful | 20 | | career in the Illinois State Capitol and thank him for his many | 21 | | contributions to organized labor; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Ronald Kastner as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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