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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  Margaret   Blackshere   has   served   as   the
 3    Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois AFL-CIO since 1993; and

 4        WHEREAS,  Margaret  Blackshere has been elected president
 5    of the State Federation of Labor  AFL-CIO,  which  represents
 6    one million Illinois workers; and

 7        WHEREAS, Margaret Blackshere has achieved a milestone for
 8    Illinois women by serving as the first woman president of the
 9    State Federation; and

10        WHEREAS,  Margaret  Blackshere  was  a  former  classroom
11    teacher  and  has  served on all levels of the labor movement
12    from president of her local union  in  Madison  to  statewide
13    vice  president  of  the Illinois Federation of Teachers, and
14    continues to be  a  member  in  the  American  Federation  of
15    Teachers Local 763; and

16        WHEREAS,  Margaret  Blackshere has a bachelor's degree in
17    elementary  education  and  a  master's   degree   in   urban
18    education,       both       from       Southern      Illinois
19    University-Edwardsville; and

20        WHEREAS, Margaret Blackshere has played a key role in the
21    Democratic Party as a delegate  to  the  Democratic  National
22    Convention,  as  the  director  of  the  Illinois  Democratic
23    Coordinated  Campaign  in  1990  and 1992, and currently as a
24    member of the Democratic National Committee; and

25        WHEREAS, Margaret Blackshere has an ongoing commitment to
26    public service by serving  on  various  boards  and  councils
27    including  the  United  Way  of Illinois, Voices for Illinois
28    Children, White House Commission  on  Presidential  Scholars,
29    and  the  Illinois  Skills  Standard & Credentialing Council;
30    therefore, be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 2    NINETY-FIRST  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 3    we congratulate Margaret Blackshere for  her  achievement  as
 4    the  new  president  of  the  Illinois  Federation  of Labor,
 5    AFL-CIO; and be it further

 6        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 7    presented to Margaret Blackshere.

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