IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Kevin Sexton upon his selection as Labor's Representative of the Year for 2015.
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RESOLUTION NO.18860, June 22, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, Frank White, Jr., Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater III, Greg Grounds, and
Theresa Galvin, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, Labor's Educational & Political Club Independent (LEPCI) has selected Kevin Sexton, Business Manager for the Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association (OPCMIA) Local 518, as Labor's Representative of the Year for 2015; and,
WHEREAS, Kevin attributes his dedication to labor to his father who, although born deaf, after advancements in disability laws in the 1970's was able to obtain a union job at the General Motors Leeds plant; and,
WHEREAS, Kevin started working at the age of twelve as a dishwasher at a truck stop, work he continued up until his enlistment in the military; and,
WHEREAS, after his honorable discharge in 1981, Kevin first worked at REMCO until he had the opportunity to become an apprentice working in concrete construction for J.R. Warren Construction; and,
WHEREAS, in 1993, at the prompting of a colleague, Kevin ran for the OPCMIA Union Executive Board, a decision that later led to his election as President of Local 518; and,
WHEREAS, in 1999, the retirement of the Business Manager led to Kevin's appointment to fill out that term, a position he continued to hold until June 2015 when he assumed full-time responsibilities with the International Union; and,
WHEREAS, Kevin and his wife Angela live in Carrollton, Missouri, and are the proud parents of seven children and grandparents of seven grandsons; and,
WHEREAS, Kevin will be honored at the LEPCI's awards banquet scheduled for Friday, July 17, 2015; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri,...
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