[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1639]
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      GORDON ``GORDY'' WILLIAMS SAN DIEGO'S NATIVE SON LABOR HERO

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 18, 1996

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Gordon ``Gordy'' 
Williams, the San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council's 
1996 Retired Labor Leader of the Year.
  Gordy Williams, a native of San Diego County, was raised in the great 
South Bay community of National City. He joined Painters' Union Local 
333 at the age of 18. Four years later he was elected to the executive 
board of his union, where he became its business representative nearly 
25-years ago.
  Gordy Williams' enormously productive tenure in local 333 caught the 
attention of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied 
Trades, which soon made him a general representative for the 
International Union. Gordy also served as delegate to the Building 
Trades Council for many years, including a term as its president. He 
also served as an officer of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor 
Council, as well as the California State Council of Painters.
  But Gordy Williams did not stop there. He found the time and energy 
to serve the community at large--including the board of directors of 
National City Parks Apartments, a low-income housing complex owned and 
operated by the San Diego Building & Construction Trades Corporation; 
the California Regional Coastal Commission; and as a trustee of the San 
Diego Leukemia Society. He also found the time to be the master chef at 
the Building Trades Holiday Bowl tailgate parties and the Letter 
Carriers' Annual Food Drive. And, he has done all this despite health 
problems which he has faced with great courage.
  Mr. Speaker, Gordy Williams is a great man, and a true friend. I join 
his building and construction trades brothers and sisters in San Diego 
and around the country in thanking him for his dedication and great 
spirit, and in wishing him the very best in his retirement.

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