Bill Text: IL HR0578 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Deborah Lane on the occasion of her retirement from the Chicago Transit Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-02-06 - Resolution Adopted [HR0578 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0578-Introduced.html
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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
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane has been a member of her union for 31 | ||||||
| 7 | years and has served in a number of positions, including as | ||||||
| 8 | former president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois Joint Conference and as financial secretary of the | ||||||
| 10 | Amalgamated Transit Union - Local 308; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane has deep ties to the labor movement | ||||||
| 12 | in Illinois; in 1953, she first took a union steward class, and | ||||||
| 13 | in 2017, she was mentored by the legendary Chicago Teachers | ||||||
| 14 | Union President Karen Lewis; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane, as the head of the ATU Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Joint Conference, represented 15 union locals and almost | ||||||
| 17 | 20,000 members from across the State of Illinois; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane is a fighter for working people; she | ||||||
| 19 | assisted in the process of winning important benefits for | ||||||
| 20 | workers in the 2018 ATU-CTA contract, which included pay | ||||||
| 21 | increases of 9.5% and a freeze on healthcare increases for her | ||||||
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| 1 | membership; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane has played an integral role in | ||||||
| 3 | electing Democrats across the country, including President | ||||||
| 4 | Joseph Biden, Governor J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, | ||||||
| 5 | and Senator Warnock; most recently, she served as campaign | ||||||
| 6 | manager for Congressman Jonathan Jackson; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Deborah Lane's family is just as important to her | ||||||
| 8 | as her work; she is the proud mother of three, Errin, Erwin, | ||||||
| 9 | and Nicholas, and is the daughter of Mamie L. Cosey and the | ||||||
| 10 | late Rev. Richard C. Cosey; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we congratulate Deborah Lane on her retirement from the | ||||||
| 14 | Chicago Transit Authority; and be it further
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