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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives
wish to congratulate Michael T. Carrigan on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his
retirement as the president of the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial | ||||||
| 6 | Organizations (AFL-CIO); and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan was elected president of the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois
AFL-CIO on February 28, 2007 by unanimous decision of | ||||||
| 9 | the State
Federation Executive Board; during his 19-year tenure | ||||||
| 10 | at the
AFL-CIO, he served faithfully for 12 years as president | ||||||
| 11 | and 7
years as secretary-treasurer; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan's visionary approach resulted in | ||||||
| 13 | many
initiatives and successes for the Illinois AFL-CIO, | ||||||
| 14 | including a
gradual minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, the | ||||||
| 15 | legalization
of cannabis, and a $45 billion infrastructure | ||||||
| 16 | program; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan serves on the national AFL-CIO | ||||||
| 18 | State
Federation and Central Labor Council Advisory Committee, | ||||||
| 19 | at the
behest of the AFL-CIO President; at the regional level, | ||||||
| 20 | he served as the chairman of the 12-state AFL-CIO Midwest
Labor | ||||||
| 21 | Federation Council; at the state level, he is a member of
the | ||||||
| 22 | Illinois Prevailing Wage Council Executive Board and was | ||||||
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| 1 | appointed in 2005 to serve on the Workers' Compensation | ||||||
| 2 | Advisory
Board; he has held a number of other labor positions, | ||||||
| 3 | including trustee on the NECA-IBEW
Health and Welfare Trust | ||||||
| 4 | Fund and Pension Fund Boards,
chairman of the South-Central | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois Telecommunication Council
of the IBEW, and president | ||||||
| 6 | of the Decatur Building Trades
Council; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Outside of his labor activities, Michael Carrigan
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| 8 | served as co-chair of the Illinois Climate Change Advisory | ||||||
| 9 | Group
(ICCAG) and the Alliance to Protect the Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | Constitution
(APIC); he formerly served on the Economic | ||||||
| 11 | Development
Corporation of Decatur/Macon County, the Macon | ||||||
| 12 | County Merit
Commission, and the Decatur Celebration Board; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Prior to his career as a labor activist, Michael
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| 14 | Carrigan was elected to the Decatur City Council in 1995 and
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| 15 | served nearly four terms on the council before being appointed
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| 16 | mayor of Decatur in July of 2008 to serve out the remaining | ||||||
| 17 | term
of the retiring mayor; he served as business | ||||||
| 18 | manager/financial
secretary for IBEW Local 146 in Decatur from | ||||||
| 19 | 1992 to 2000; he
was a journeyman wireman in Decatur from 1978 | ||||||
| 20 | to 1990 before
becoming assistant business manager of the | ||||||
| 21 | local; he graduated from MacMurray College (Jacksonville) in | ||||||
| 22 | 1976 with a
Bachelor of Science; and
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| 23 | WHEREAS, Michael Carrigan built strong relationships with
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| 1 | leaders across the great State of Illinois; he is a dedicated
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| 2 | champion of the labor movement in Illinois; he is a vigorous
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| 3 | defender of workers' rights and helped lead monumental efforts
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| 4 | toward important labor legislation with county and State
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| 5 | leaders; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we
congratulate Michael T. Carrigan on the occasion of his
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| 9 | retirement as the president of the AFL-CIO, and we commend his
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| 10 | 19-years of service to the AFL-CIO; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented
to Michael Carrigan as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 13 | and respect.
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