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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives would
3like to congratulate Pat Devaney on his retirement from the
4Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI) and for being
5elected Secretary Treasurer of the Illinois American
6Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
7(AFL-CIO); and
 
8    WHEREAS, Pat Devaney started his career as a firefighter in
9the City of Champaign in 1995 and was promoted to the rank of
10Captain in 2019; and
 
11    WHEREAS, AFFI is the statewide professional firefighter
12union representing over 15,000 firefighters comprised of 225
13affiliates throughout the state; Pat Devaney has been an active
14member of the Champaign Firefighters AFFI Local 1260, serving
15as treasurer, vice president, and president; he also served as
16a trustee for the Champaign Firefighters Pension Board from
171999 to 2009; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Pat Devaney served as President of AFFI from 2008
19to 2020 and also served as the AFFI Central District
20Legislative Representative from 2004 to 2008; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Pat Devaney regularly lobbied the Illinois

 

 

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1General Assembly on pension and labor issues affecting
2professional firefighters; he was heavily involved in pension
3reform negotiations, which culminated in the combining of over
4650 police and fire pension funds into two statewide investment
5funds; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Pat Devaney was elected Vice President of the
7Illinois AFL-CIO in 2008 and was elected by the Executive Board
8to become Secretary Treasurer in 2019; he is the first
9firefighter in Illinois history to be elected to one of the
10Principal Office positions within the Illinois AFL-CIO; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Pat Devaney was one of the founding members of the
12We Are One Illinois coalition, which was formed to defend
13attacks on public employee retirement security; therefore, be
14it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we congratulate Pat Devaney on a lifetime of service through
18his work as a fire fighter and with AFFI and wish him future
19success as Secretary Treasurer of the Illinois AFL-CIO; and be
20it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to Pat Devaney as an expression of our esteem and

 

 

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1respect.