SPEAKER: HON. MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ OF
CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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MR. MARTINEZ. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY TO PAY TRIBUTE AN REMEMBER A GREAT
AMERICAN.
THE PERSON I WISH TO HONOR IS MIKE QUEVEDO, SR. IN HIS SERVICE TO THE LABORERS'
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 300, AS
SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BUSINESS MANAGER, MIKE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION,
FORESIGHT, AND DEDICATION.
JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO THE LOCAL WAS HEAVILY IN DEBT AND DETERIORATING. BUT
THROUGH THE DILIGENT WORK OF MEMBERS LIKE MIKE, AND FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE, LOCAL
300 HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS RESURGENCE. WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE LABORERS'
LOCAL 300 BUILDING ON MAY 3, 1985, MIKE'S MEMORY AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNION
WILL BE RECOGNIZED. THIS OCCASION WILL BE USED TO MARK THE PROGRESS OF LOCAL
300, WHICH HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY BEST WISHES TO MIKE'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY SHOULD
BE TRULY PROUD OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WORK, AS HIS SON, MIKE, JR., IS, IN
CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S ADMIRABLE WORK.
I THINK THE BEST WAY TO SHOW HOW FAR THE UNION HAS COME AND
THEIR GREAT RESPECT FOR MIKE QUEVEDO, SR., IS TO HAVE THEIR RESOLUTION ENTERED
INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING MIKE QUEVEDO, SR.
WHEREAS LABORERS' LOCAL 300 HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN THE
PAST FIVE YEARS DURING THIS LOCAL'S PRESENT ADMINISTRATION; AND
WHEREAS THIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN FOR THE BETTERMENT AND BENEFIT OF ALL OF ITS
MEMBERS, ACTIVE AND RETIREES; AND
WHEREAS THIS IMPROVEMENT HAS RESULTED IN BETTER COMMUNICATION AND SERVICE TO ALL
OF ITS MEMBERS; AND
WHEREAS LABORERS' LOCAL 300'S MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD WISH
TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PAY TRIBUTE TO ONE OF ITS PAST OFFICERS, OUR LATE BROTHER
MIKE QUEVEDO, SR., WHO SERVED THIS LOCAL UNION WITH HONOR; AND
WHEREAS BROTHER MIKE QUEVEDO, SR., SHOULD BE GIVEN CREDIT FOR HIS FORESIGHT IN
INITIATING THE FULL INTEGRATION OF THE MEMBERSHIP IN LOCAL 300 WHILE HE SERVED
AS AN OFFICER OF THIS LOCAL UNION; AND
WHEREAS BROTHER QUEVEDO, SR., DEMONSTRATED HIS FORESIGHTEDNESS AND PROGRESSIVE
THINKING BY INTEGRATING THIS LOCAL. HIS AIMS AND GOALS WERE TO GIVE THE MEMBERS
BETTER REPRESENTATION AND BETTER SERVICE, HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND DEDICATION TO
ALL OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN AND MUST BE
ACKNOWLEDGED; THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, THAT LABORERS' LOCAL 30 RIGHTFULLY AND PERMANENTLY
DEDICATE OUR NEWLY ACQUIRED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING AT 616 SHATTO PLACE,
IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO HIS MEMORY AND IN HIS HONOR FOR HIS DEVOTED
SERVICE TO LOCAL 300 AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS; AND BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, THAT A PLAQUE BEARING HIS NAME FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHALL BE
PERMANENTLY PLACED AT THE ENTRANCE OF SAID LABORER'S LOCAL 300
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING.