81R14379 JNC-D
By: Coleman H.R. No. 936
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Texas AFL-CIO President Becky Moeller has been
elected president of the Southern Region of the AFL-CIO by the South
Central AFL-CIO Council; and
WHEREAS, In addition to overseeing 13 southern states in her
new position, Ms. Moeller becomes a member of the national AFL-CIO
General Board, a body that advises the governing national AFL-CIO
Executive Council; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moeller's involvement in the labor movement
dates back to 1967, when she joined Communications Workers of
America Local 6137 in Corpus Christi as an employee of Southwestern
Bell; she went on to serve the group in a variety of roles,
including job steward, chief steward, executive board member, vice
president, secretary-treasurer, and president; and
WHEREAS, At the state level, Ms. Moeller has been a member of
the Texas AFL-CIO executive board and chair of the scholarship
committee; in 2003, she became the first woman to hold statewide
office in the organization when she was elected
secretary-treasurer; and
WHEREAS, Appointed by Governor Ann Richards to serve as chair
of the commission overseeing the Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation, she has also worked to benefit her fellow citizens as a
member of the United Way Board of Governors and the Coastal Bend
Workforce Development Board; and
WHEREAS, Becky Moeller has helped countless individuals to
achieve greater security and hope for a brighter future, and her
election to this important office is confirmation of her
outstanding leadership skills and effective advocacy on behalf of
working families; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Becky Moeller on her election as
president of the Southern Region of the AFL-CIO and extend to her
sincere best wishes for continued success with her important work;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Moeller as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.