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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson is a native of Quincy,
3 Illinois and began his career as a union electrician for the
4 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local
5 67, which later merged with IBEW Local 34; and
6 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson became a leader in his local
7 union, serving on its Executive Board, and winning elections
8 to the offices of President and, later, Business Manager of
9 IBEW Local 67; and
10 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson served the working people of
11 Illinois safeguarding the wages and benefits that they were
12 granted by State law, as the Director of the Illinois
13 Department of Labor; and
14 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson was the Executive Secretary of
15 the West Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades
16 Council, representing union construction workers in western
17 Illinois from 1978 to 1987; and
18 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson was the Legislative and
19 Political (COPE) Director of the Illinois AFL-CIO, serving as
20 the lobbyist for the state's largest labor organization from
21 1987 to 1989; and
22 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson was appointed
23 Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois AFL-CIO in 1989 and was
24 elected to that post in 1991; and
25 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson was appointed President of the
26 Illinois AFL-CIO, which represents over one million union
27 members and acts as a voice for all Illinois workers, in June
28 of 1993 and was elected President of the Illinois AFL-CIO in
29 1995; and
30 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson retired from the Illinois
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1 AFL-CIO on March 31, 2000; and
2 WHEREAS, Donald A. Johnson has dedicated his entire
3 career to organized labor and the working men and women in
4 the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate and commend Donald A. Johnson for his
8 lifetime of service to and achievement for the working men
9 and women of the State of Illinois and wish he and his wife
10 Nancy well in their retirement; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Donald A. Johnson.