Bill Text: IL HR0664 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates and thanks the Iron Workers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity and the Iron Workers St. Louis District Council for their invaluable work on our state's infrastructure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0664 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0664-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the International | ||||||
4 | Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing | ||||||
5 | Iron Workers Union on recently holding their 44th convention, | ||||||
6 | which occurs once every five years; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The International Association of Bridge, | ||||||
8 | Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union is | ||||||
9 | a proud member of the Illinois AFL-CIO and a trade association | ||||||
10 | with beginnings in the 1890s; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Iron Workers Union represents 120,000 members | ||||||
12 | across North America; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Iron workers build safely and skillfully, | ||||||
14 | ensuring that quality bridges and infrastructure improvements | ||||||
15 | are made correctly and on time; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Iron workers are the "Bridge Builders of | ||||||
17 | Illinois" as demonstrated by the improvement of at least 290 | ||||||
18 | bridges since the beginning of Rebuild Illinois; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Iron workers are doing their part in the | ||||||
20 | renewable energy sector to help carefully construct wind |
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1 | turbines, helping power Illinois for generations to come; | ||||||
2 | therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
5 | we congratulate and thank the Iron Workers District Council of | ||||||
6 | Chicago & Vicinity and the Iron Workers St. Louis District | ||||||
7 | Council for their invaluable work on the infrastructure of our | ||||||
8 | state, as they are the working people that conduct the manual | ||||||
9 | labor stemming from 30% of the planned distribution spending | ||||||
10 | of the Rebuild Illinois capital plan; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the business managers of all Iron Worker Local | ||||||
13 | Unions in the State of Illinois as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
14 | and respect for the daily work they and their members do to | ||||||
15 | make Illinois a leading state for world-class infrastructure.
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