[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 106 (Thursday, July 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1443-E1444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM A. NACK ON BEING HONORED BY THE SAN MATEO CENTRAL 
                             LABOR COUNCIL

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 26, 2001

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Bill Nack, an 
extraordinary citizen of San Mateo County, CA who is being honored by 
the San Mateo Central Labor Council at its 22nd Annual COPE Benefit 
Dinner on July 27, 2001.
  For over 30 years, Bill Nack has been an active member of the labor 
movement, a dedicated community leader, and an environmentalist in the 
San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked tirelessly to improve the health, 
the job safety and the economic conditions of workers in San Mateo 
County and throughout the nation.
  Bill Nack currently serves as Business Manager and Executive Officer 
of the San Mateo County Building and Construction Trades Council, an 
association comprised of 26 construction unions and a membership of 
over 15,000 craftspeople.
  For over 20 years, Bill Nack was an aircraft jet engine mechanic for 
United Airlines and a rank and file member of the International 
Association of Machinists, Local 1781. In 1987, he left United Airlines 
to work with the Santa Clara Central Labor Council and soon became the 
Deputy Executive Officer of the Santa Clara and San Benito Counties 
Building and Construction Trades Council.
  As a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bill Nack is a highly 
regarded member of the environmental community. Governor Gray Davis 
appointed him to the Bay Conservation and Development Committee (BCDC) 
to help ensure the protection of San Francisco Bay and in 1997, Bill 
became Chairman of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's 
Advisory Council.
  Bill Nack's involvement in our community is deep and broad. As a 
board member of Mid-Peninsula Rebuilding Together, he plays an integral 
role in helping to rehabilitate the homes and community facilities of 
low-income citizens, of the elderly, and for the disabled. He's also an 
active member of many other community organizations, including San 
Mateo County's United Way, and the San Mateo County Peninsula Policy 
Partnership, as well as the Bay Area Economic Forum.

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  Bill is married to fellow activist, Rayna Lehman, Director of AFL-CIO 
Community Services for the San Mateo County Central Labor Council and 
they are the proud parents of twin sons, Patrick and Benjamin.
  Mr. Speaker, we are a better country, a better community, and a 
better people because of Bill Nack. It's a privilege to know him, to 
serve him as a constituent, to call him a friend, and to honor hi for 
his extraordinary leadership and I ask my colleagues to join me in 
paying tribute to him for all he has chosen to do.

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