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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Glyn Ramage on the
4 occasion of his retirement as business manager of the
5 Downstate Illinois Laborers' District Council of the Laborers'
6 International Union of North America (LIUNA); and
7 WHEREAS, For the past 25 years, Glyn Ramage was elected to
8 represent over 3,000 LIUNA members in 12 counties in
9 Southwestern Illinois, as well as the newly organized
10 Downstate Illinois Laborers' District Council, representing
11 10,000 LIUNA members and 16 local unions within 58 counties of
12 Downstate Illinois; he first started working out of LIUNA
13 Local #100 at the age of 15 in 1972, becoming a card-carrying
14 member in 1977; during his tenure, he was elected to serve in
15 several positions with Local #100, including as a delegate to
16 the Downstate Illinois Laborers' District Council, as
17 recording secretary, and as president before being elected as
18 business manager of Local #100, serving in that position from
19 1992 until 2005; and
20 WHEREAS, Glyn Ramage has served as chairman on a number of
21 boards throughout his career, including the Capital
22 Development Board, the Foundation for Fair Contracting of
23 Southwestern Illinois, the Labor Management Work Preservation &
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1 Construction Industry Trust of Southwestern Illinois, the
2 LIUNA Southwestern Illinois Laborers' Political League, the
3 LIUNA Laborers' Midwest Region Retiree Council, the LIUNA
4 Laborers' 100 & 397 Health and Welfare and Pension Fund, the
5 Illinois Laborers' and Contractors Joint Apprenticeship and
6 Training Fund, and the LIUNA Southwestern Illinois Laborers'
7 District Council Laborers' - Employers Cooperation and
8 Education Trust, now named the Downstate Illinois District
9 Council Laborers' - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Glyn Ramage has also served on several boards,
12 including the LIUNA Laborers' District Council Scholarship
13 Fund, the Central Laborers' Pension Fund, the Laborers' Home
14 Development Corporation, United Way, the Leadership Council of
15 Southwestern Illinois, the Labor Management Committee of
16 Southwestern Illinois, the St. Clair County Democratic
17 Screening Committee, the Council of Owners and Construction
18 Associates, Inc., the Mid America Workforce Investment Board,
19 Citizens for Modern Transit, the LIUNA Midwest Region
20 Foundation for Fair Contracting, the LIUNA Midwest Region
21 Organizing Committee, the LIUNA Midwest Region Laborers' -
22 Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, the LIUNA Laborers'
23 Political League, the LIUNA Midwest Region Health and Safety
24 Fund, and the LIUNA Midwest Region Legislative Committee; and
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1 WHEREAS, Glyn Ramage retired as business manager on
2 February 1, 2025; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we congratulate Glyn Ramage on his retirement as business
6 manager of the Downstate Illinois Laborers' District Council
7 of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA),
8 and we recognize his dedication to and impact on LIUNA; and be
9 it further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Glyn Ramage as an expression of our esteem and
12 respect.
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