Bill Text: IL SR0968 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the passing of George White.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-02 - Resolution Adopted [SR0968 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0968-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
to learn of the death of George White, who passed away on April
22, 2024; and
WHEREAS, George White was born on November 9, 1954; and
WHEREAS, George White was a longtime member of Service
Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri, Kansas (SEIU HCIIMK); he first joined the union
while working at a nursing home; more recently, he continued
to serve the union as a home care worker with Addus Healthcare,
where he played an important role in bargaining committees to
negotiate contracts for home care workers; and
WHEREAS, As a union leader for SEIU HCIIMK, George White
was noted for his calm, levelheaded, and driven approach to
bargaining, effectively winning historic raises and paid time
off for thousands of home care workers across the State; he
also served on the executive board, where he was instrumental
in union-wide decisions that impacted approximately 90,000
health care and child care providers in Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri, and Kansas; and
WHEREAS, George White was a longtime advocate for working

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class people and assisted in a number of campaigns, including
the Fight for $15 movement, the Bring Home Chicago coalition
and referendum, the Purple Brigade, and Senator Lakesia
Collins' first race for a seat on the Illinois House of
Representatives in 2020, helping to elect the first SEIU
health care worker to public office; he also lent his talents
towards serving Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson; and
WHEREAS, George White was a believer and a supporter of
racial and economic justice for the working class, and his
faith motivated him as a leader; as such, he was committed to
doing the work necessary, not just talking about it; and
WHEREAS, George White will be remembered as a frontline
worker, leader, and mentor to all with whom he crossed paths
and for his contributions to organized labor and toward
building a better future for all; and
WHEREAS, George White is survived by his wife of 35 years,
Linda Griffin White; his children, George Griffin, Damon
White, Tina Bryant, Kim Yarbrough, and Geneva White; his
nieces and nephews, Sharlita White, James Smith, Richard
Smith, and Lutricia Smith; and a host of grandchildren;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL

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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
George White and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further