Full Text of HR0103 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Joe Eble on the occasion | 4 | | of his retirement as recording secretary of the Southwestern | 5 | | Illinois Central Labor Council; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble started as recording secretary of the | 7 | | Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council three decades ago; | 8 | | he served the labor movement in the Metro-East area as an | 9 | | invaluable source of information activity for many years, | 10 | | recording labor events in the region and the State; he also | 11 | | assisted in numerous training sessions and conventions on the | 12 | | state and national level, in addition to pamphlet drops, phone | 13 | | banks, and get-out-the-vote campaigns; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble was hired to teach Social Studies, | 15 | | American History, German, and English by the Cahokia School | 16 | | District 187 in 1968; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble became a building representative in | 18 | | 1974, and he joined the bargaining team in 1975; he was elected | 19 | | high school vice president by the Cahokia Commonfields | 20 | | Federation of Teachers in 1977, where he later served as the | 21 | | executive vice president and grievance committee chair; he | 22 | | served as president of the union from 1990 to 1999; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble joined the executive board of the | 2 | | Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) in 1991 and its | 3 | | executive committee in 1995; he remains a delegate to the | 4 | | IFT's Southwest Area Council, where he served as the council's | 5 | | treasurer from 1993 to 2016 and the secretary before that; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble joined as the executive recording | 7 | | secretary of the Belleville Trades and Labor Organization in | 8 | | 2001 and continued in that role when the group became part of | 9 | | the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble broadened his efforts to include the | 11 | | larger labor movement for almost 40 years; he served as the | 12 | | treasurer of the 23rd District of the Committee on the | 13 | | Political Education (COPE) and then the 21st District COPE; | 14 | | until last year, he served as treasurer of the 12th District | 15 | | COPE; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Joe Eble is known as an untiring labor brother | 17 | | who is always striving to help others in both the labor | 18 | | movement and everyday life; he unanimously earned emeritus | 19 | | status by the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council's | 20 | | executive board; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate Joe Eble on his retirement as recording | 3 | | secretary of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council, | 4 | | thank him for his service to the labor movement, and wish him | 5 | | many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Joe Eble as an expression of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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