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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Montserrat Garibay has been named senior advisor for |
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| 6 | 7 | | labor relations in the Office of the Secretary of the United States |
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| 7 | 8 | | Department of Education; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, An educator and longtime champion of workers, |
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| 9 | 10 | | Ms. Garibay served for more than three years as secretary-treasurer |
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| 10 | 11 | | of the Texas AFL-CIO; she was the first Latina, the first immigrant, |
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| 11 | 12 | | and the second woman to hold one of the state organization's highest |
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| 12 | 13 | | offices; during her tenure, she negotiated two union contracts and |
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| 13 | 14 | | mobilized Texans to vote in the 2020 election; she established the |
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| 14 | 15 | | Texas AFL-CIO's citizenship campaign and worked tirelessly to |
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| 15 | 16 | | ensure an accurate count in the 2020 U.S. Census, guiding the |
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| 16 | 17 | | training of union members as census ambassadors and organizing |
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| 17 | 18 | | phone banks to promote full participation; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Garibay oversaw the launch of food drives with |
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| 19 | 20 | | the Central Texas Food Bank to help union members in need; in |
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| 20 | 21 | | addition, she supported leadership development for women and young |
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| 21 | 22 | | activists, co-leading the implementation of the Ruth Ellinger Labor |
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| 22 | 23 | | Leaders School and managing the inaugural Texas AFL-CIO Women's |
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| 23 | 24 | | Summit; she also advanced engagement in two vital issues by |
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| 24 | 25 | | establishing the Racial Justice Task Force and the Climate Justice |
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| 25 | 26 | | Committee; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Garibay came to the United States from Mexico |
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| 27 | 28 | | City and became a citizen two decades later; a graduate of The |
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| 28 | 29 | | University of Texas at Austin, she holds bachelor's degrees in |
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| 29 | 30 | | applied learning and development and in Spanish language teaching |
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| 30 | 31 | | and a master's degree in bilingual education; she taught bilingual |
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| 31 | 32 | | pre-kindergarten in the Austin Independent School District for |
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| 32 | 33 | | eight years and began her career in the labor movement as vice |
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| 33 | 34 | | president for certified employees for Education Austin; and |
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| 34 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Montserrat Garibay has made a positive difference in |
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| 35 | 36 | | the lives of countless Texans as both an educator and a fearless |
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| 36 | 37 | | voice for working families, and the Department of Education is |
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| 37 | 38 | | indeed fortunate to benefit from her experience and expertise in |
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| 38 | 39 | | both realms; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 40 | 41 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Montserrat Garibay on her |
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| 41 | 42 | | appointment as senior advisor for labor relations in the Office of |
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| 42 | 43 | | the Secretary of the United States Department of Education and |
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| 43 | 44 | | extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 44 | 45 | | further |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 47 | | prepared for Ms. Garibay as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 47 | 48 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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