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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Montserrat Garibay has been named senior advisor for |
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labor relations in the Office of the Secretary of the United States |
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Department of Education; and |
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WHEREAS, An educator and longtime champion of workers, |
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Ms. Garibay served for more than three years as secretary-treasurer |
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of the Texas AFL-CIO; she was the first Latina, the first immigrant, |
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and the second woman to hold one of the state organization's highest |
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offices; during her tenure, she negotiated two union contracts and |
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mobilized Texans to vote in the 2020 election; she established the |
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Texas AFL-CIO's citizenship campaign and worked tirelessly to |
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ensure an accurate count in the 2020 U.S. Census, guiding the |
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training of union members as census ambassadors and organizing |
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phone banks to promote full participation; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garibay oversaw the launch of food drives with |
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the Central Texas Food Bank to help union members in need; in |
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addition, she supported leadership development for women and young |
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activists, co-leading the implementation of the Ruth Ellinger Labor |
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Leaders School and managing the inaugural Texas AFL-CIO Women's |
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Summit; she also advanced engagement in two vital issues by |
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establishing the Racial Justice Task Force and the Climate Justice |
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Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garibay came to the United States from Mexico |
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City and became a citizen two decades later; a graduate of The |
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University of Texas at Austin, she holds bachelor's degrees in |
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applied learning and development and in Spanish language teaching |
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and a master's degree in bilingual education; she taught bilingual |
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pre-kindergarten in the Austin Independent School District for |
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eight years and began her career in the labor movement as vice |
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president for certified employees for Education Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Montserrat Garibay has made a positive difference in |
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the lives of countless Texans as both an educator and a fearless |
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voice for working families, and the Department of Education is |
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indeed fortunate to benefit from her experience and expertise in |
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both realms; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Montserrat Garibay on her |
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appointment as senior advisor for labor relations in the Office of |
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the Secretary of the United States Department of Education and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Garibay as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Neave |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1690 was adopted by the House on May |
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29, 2021, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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