[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 49 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E633-E634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING BILL LINDSAY

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                       HON. FELIX J. GRUCCI, JR.

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 25, 2002

  Mr. GRUCCI. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Bill Lindsay, Labor 
Leader, Community Activist and Member of the Suffolk County 
Legislature, as he is recognized by the Long Island Federation of 
Labor.
  Bill Lindsay first and foremost is a representative of working 
people. For more than 23 years he has been a full-time labor leader,

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in the past ten years he has been the Business Manager of Local No. 25 
of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, one of Long 
Island's oldest and most respected labor unions.
  Bill is responsible for employment referrals, organizing, negotiating 
and grievance handling for the 2,300 active union members. 
Additionally, he serves on the Boards of the Health & Benefit Fund, 
Pension Fund and Training Committee that provides fringe benefits for 
the more than 3,000 Local No. 25 families.
  Mr. Lindsay is an electrician by trade who is a believer in 
education. He is a graduate of the Local No. 25 I.B.E.W. Joint 
Apprenticeship and Training Committee's state registered Apprentice 
Program. As Bill got involved in union activities he went back to 
school as an adult student and in 1977 he graduated from Cornell 
University Labor Liberal Arts Program. Not stopping there, he went on 
to earn a Bachelor's Degree from New York Institute of Technology.
  Mr. Lindsay is happily married 33 years to his wife Pat and they have 
three grown children, Denise, Bill and Kathleen. In September 2001, 
Bill and Pat's life took a new turn as Denise gave birth to their first 
grandchildren, twin boys-Gabrielle and Daniel.

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