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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor Helen Miller, President of
4 Service Employees International Union Local 880, for her hard
5 work and dedication; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Helen Miller has been a member of the Service
7 Employees International Union Local 880 for 22 years and has
8 held the office of President for eight years; from her own work
9 as a personal assistant providing in-home care to people with
10 disabilities, she became the leader of the largest union local
11 in Illinois; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She was elected to the SEIU Illinois Council in
13 1999 and elected Sergeant-at-Arms in 2003; she was a founding
14 member of the personal assistant organizing committee, which in
15 2003 negotiated a historic first contract with the State of
16 Illinois that brought a 35% wage increase and a strong voice to
17 23,000 workers; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Helen Miller was recognized as a 2004 recipient of
19 the Ms. Foundation's Gloria Award and a 2005 recipient of the
20 Women's E-News award for her leadership in ensuring that home
21 care workers are "invisible no more"; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, In 2005, she led the first campaign in the nation
2 to unite more than 40,000 home child care providers in our
3 State for quality care and quality jobs and winning a 35% rate
4 increase and a commitment to fund health care for home child
5 care providers; and
 
6     WHEREAS, She is a recognized community leader in the fight
7 for living wage jobs and a better quality of life for all
8 working families; she was the first home care worker to be
9 elected to the SEIU International Executive Board in 2004 and
10 has traveled across the country to help thousands more workers
11 beyond her home state unite in the Union; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Helen Miller has committed her life and her work
13 to the fight for social and economic justice on the job and in
14 the community; under her leadership, SEIU Local 880 has grown
15 to more than 65,000 members across the State of Illinois;
16 therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 congratulate Helen Miller on a job well done; through her hard
20 work Service Employees International Union Local 880 continues
21 to support the people who work to provide assistance for
22 others; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Helen Miller as a symbol of our respect.