Bill Text: IL HR0151 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commends Alderperson Susan Sadlowski Garza for her work on the Chicago City Council. Thanks her for her years of dedicated service to the 10th Ward of Chicago and the City of Chicago.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0151 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0151-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to commend Alderperson Susan Sadlowski
Garza on her service to the 10th Ward as a member of the
Chicago City Council; and
WHEREAS, Ald. Sadlowski Garza is a lifelong Chicagoan and
10th Ward resident; she is the daughter of famed steelworker
and labor leader Edward Sadlowski; she earned her Bachelor of
Arts from Governors State University and her master's degree
in Counseling from Concordia University; and
WHEREAS, Ald. Sadlowski Garza has dedicated her entire
life to the youth and families of the 10th Ward, starting out
as a lunch lady at South Shore High School and later becoming a
counselor at Jane Addams Elementary School; she is also a
former area vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union; and
WHEREAS, Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza was first elected in
2015, defeating longtime 10th Ward Ald. John Pope by just 20
votes and becoming the first active member of the Chicago
Teachers Union to be elected to the Chicago City Council and
the first woman to represent the 10th Ward; she won her second
term in 2019, earning nearly 69% of the vote; and

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WHEREAS, During her tenure, Ald. Sadlowski Garza has
worked to protect public interest, increase equality for women
and the LGBTQ+ community, and foster business relationships;
her accomplishments include aiding in raising the minimum wage
in Chicago to $15 an hour a full two years before the State of
Illinois did, pushing through the Fair Workweek Ordinance that
requires most large employers to give their workers a two-week
notice of their schedules in an effort to reduce the stress
caused by unpredictable shift work, and recovering over $1
million for food service workers due to wage theft claims
against Mondelez and Burger King, among others; and
WHEREAS, Ald. Sadlowski Garza has managed to secure major
school capital investments, including $3.8 million for Jane
Addams Elementary School, $15 million for Washington High
School, and $2.8 million for Gallistel Elementary School; she
has additionally been a part of putting $11.2 million towards
improvements and infrastructure, which funded such projects as
track resurfacing at Rowan Park, tree installation from 104th
to 109th on Torrence Avenue, arts programs and fairs, and the
installation of new sidewalks and streetlights; and
WHEREAS, Ald. Sadlowski Garza has served as chair of the
Chicago City Council's Progressive Reform Caucus, chair of the
Committee on Workforce Development, and a member of the
Committee on Budget and Government Operations, the Committee

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on Committees and Rules, the Committee on Education and Child
Development, the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight,
the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Health and Human
Relations, the Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs
and Recreation, the Committee on Workforce Development, and
several joint committees; and
WHEREAS, Ald. Sadlowski Garza is married to Raul Garza and
is the proud mother of four children and the grandmother of
two; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we commend Alderperson Susan Sadlowski Garza for her work on
the Chicago City Council, and we thank her for her years of
dedicated service to the 10th Ward of Chicago and the City of
Chicago; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Ald. Sadlowski Garza as a symbol of our esteem and
respect.