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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Joe Eble on the occasion
4of his retirement as recording secretary of the Southwestern
5Illinois Central Labor Council; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Joe Eble started as recording secretary of the
7Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council three decades ago;
8he served the labor movement in the Metro-East area as an
9invaluable source of information activity for many years,
10recording labor events in the region and the State; he also
11assisted in numerous training sessions and conventions on the
12state and national level, in addition to pamphlet drops, phone
13banks, and get-out-the-vote campaigns; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Joe Eble was hired to teach Social Studies,
15American History, German, and English by the Cahokia School
16District 187 in 1968; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Joe Eble became a building representative in
181974, and he joined the bargaining team in 1975; he was elected
19high school vice president by the Cahokia Commonfields
20Federation of Teachers in 1977, where he later served as the
21executive vice president and grievance committee chair; he
22served as president of the union from 1990 to 1999; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Joe Eble joined the executive board of the
2Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) in 1991 and its
3executive committee in 1995; he remains a delegate to the
4IFT's Southwest Area Council, where he served as the council's
5treasurer from 1993 to 2016 and the secretary before that; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Joe Eble joined as the executive recording
7secretary of the Belleville Trades and Labor Organization in
82001 and continued in that role when the group became part of
9the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Joe Eble broadened his efforts to include the
11larger labor movement for almost 40 years; he served as the
12treasurer of the 23rd District of the Committee on the
13Political Education (COPE) and then the 21st District COPE;
14until last year, he served as treasurer of the 12th District
15COPE; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Joe Eble is known as an untiring labor brother
17who is always striving to help others in both the labor
18movement and everyday life; he unanimously earned emeritus
19status by the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council's
20executive board; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

 

 

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1HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2we congratulate Joe Eble on his retirement as recording
3secretary of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council,
4thank him for his service to the labor movement, and wish him
5many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Joe Eble as an expression of our esteem and
8respect.