Resolution in Support of Naming a Lifetime Legislative Champion Award for Senator Edward M. Kennedy

 

WHEREAS, Senator Edward M. Kennedy gave 47 years of faithful service to the men and women of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the entire United States; and

 

WHEREAS, Senator Kennedy was the foremost champion of working families since being elected to the Senate in 1962; and

 

WHEREAS, all major legislation that has improved the lives of working people during his tenure in the Senate – on health care, pensions, education, workplace safety, immigration, and civil rights – bears the imprint of Senator Edward M. Kennedy; and

 

WHEREAS, Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s dedication, expertise, leadership, and commitment to representing working families across the country continued, unwaveringly, throughout his nearly half a century on Capitol Hill; and

 

WHEREAS, our ability to express gratitude towards Senator Kennedy for his role as labor’s champion in the U.S. Senate will always pale in comparison to the actual indebtedness of the Labor Movement for his unrelenting loyalty; therefore be it

 

RESOLVED that the Massachusetts AFL-CIO will name a Lifetime Legislative Champion Award in honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy for his nearly half a century of legislative achievements on behalf of working families, and to formally recognizes his role as labor’s champion throughout his entire Senate career; and be it further

 

RESOLVED that the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Executive Council will only bestow this award upon an elected official who is retiring from public office; and be it finally

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert J. Haynes, President
Louis A. Mandarini, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer