HR0103 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR0103 LRB102 16872 LAW 22280 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Joe Eble on the occasion of his retirement as recording secretary of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble started as recording secretary of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council three decades ago; he served the labor movement in the Metro-East area as an invaluable source of information activity for many years, recording labor events in the region and the State; he also assisted in numerous training sessions and conventions on the state and national level, in addition to pamphlet drops, phone banks, and get-out-the-vote campaigns; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble was hired to teach Social Studies, American History, German, and English by the Cahokia School District 187 in 1968; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble became a building representative in 1974, and he joined the bargaining team in 1975; he was elected high school vice president by the Cahokia Commonfields Federation of Teachers in 1977, where he later served as the executive vice president and grievance committee chair; he served as president of the union from 1990 to 1999; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble joined the executive board of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) in 1991 and its executive committee in 1995; he remains a delegate to the IFT's Southwest Area Council, where he served as the council's treasurer from 1993 to 2016 and the secretary before that; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble joined as the executive recording secretary of the Belleville Trades and Labor Organization in 2001 and continued in that role when the group became part of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble broadened his efforts to include the larger labor movement for almost 40 years; he served as the treasurer of the 23rd District of the Committee on the Political Education (COPE) and then the 21st District COPE; until last year, he served as treasurer of the 12th District COPE; and

WHEREAS, Joe Eble is known as an untiring labor brother who is always striving to help others in both the labor movement and everyday life; he unanimously earned emeritus status by the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council's executive board; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Joe Eble on his retirement as recording secretary of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council, thank him for his service to the labor movement, and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Joe Eble as an expression of our esteem and respect.