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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Jeremiah J. O'Connor, International
3 Secretary-Treasurer of the International Brotherhood of
4 Electrical Workers (IBEW), is retiring; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Secretary-Treasurer O'Connor has served at
6 virtually every role in the IBEW; he was appointed
7 International Secretary-Treasurer in January 2001 and elected
8 to that position the following September at the 36th IBEW
9 International Convention in San Francisco, California; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He has provided steady leadership during a
11 tumultuous time in the union's development and has faced the
12 difficult task of balancing priorities for the union in a time
13 of industry deregulation, plant shutdowns, global economic
14 upheaval, and a hostile political environment; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Initiated as an apprentice into Lisle Local 701 in
16 1959, he served as a journeyman wireman, foreman, and general
17 foreman; and
 
18     WHEREAS, He combined his leadership in the field with
19 service on several Local 701 committees; he extended the
20 local's influence as a leader of the DuPage County labor and
21 trade councils; appointed assistant business manager of Local
22 701 in 1965, he served in that capacity until 1978, when he was
23 elected Business Manager-Financial Secretary; and
 
24     WHEREAS, In 1987, President J.J. Barry appointed
25 Secretary-Treasurer O'Connor to the position of International
26 Representative for the Sixth District; he gained a thorough
27 knowledge of the broad membership reach of the IBEW as he
28 represented members in construction, utility, manufacturing,
29 and radio-TV broadcasting local unions throughout the Sixth
30 District; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, In 1995, he was appointed International
2 Vice-President of the Sixth District and was elected to that
3 position at the International Convention one year later;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate IBEW Secretary-Treasurer Jeremiah J. O'Connor
8 on the occasion of his retirement and wish him all the best in
9 the years ahead; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Secretary-Treasurer Jeremiah J. O'Connor as an
12 expression of our esteem.