Full Text of HR0604 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Deborah Lane on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement from the Chicago Transit Authority; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane has been a member of her union for 33 | 7 | | years and has served in a number of positions, including as the | 8 | | first female president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) | 9 | | Illinois Joint Conference and as the financial | 10 | | secretary/treasurer and first organizer of the Amalgamated | 11 | | Transit Union-Local 308; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane has deep ties to the labor movement | 13 | | in Illinois; in 1993, she first took a union steward class, and | 14 | | in 2017, she was mentored by the legendary Chicago Teachers | 15 | | Union President Karen Lewis; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane, as the head of the ATU Illinois | 17 | | Joint Conference, represented 15 union locals and almost | 18 | | 20,000 members from across the State of Illinois; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane is a fighter for working people; she | 20 | | assisted in the process of winning important benefits for | 21 | | workers in the 2018 ATU-CTA contract, which included pay |
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| 1 | | increases of 9.5% and a freeze on healthcare increases for her | 2 | | membership; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane has played an integral role in | 4 | | electing Democrats across the country, including President | 5 | | Joseph Biden, Governor JB Pritzker, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and | 6 | | Senator Warnock; most recently, she served as campaign manager | 7 | | for Congressman Jonathan Jackson; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane's family is just as important to her | 9 | | as her work; she is the proud mother of three, Errin, Erwin, | 10 | | and Nicholas, and is the daughter of Mamie L. Cosey and the | 11 | | late Rev. Richard C. Cosey; therefore, be it | 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Deborah Lane on her retirement from the | 15 | | Chicago Transit Authority; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Deborah Lane as a symbol of our respect and | 18 | | esteem. |
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