[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 97 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING NANINE MEIKLEJOHN

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 2014

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, forty years ago Nanine Meiklejohn started her 
work on behalf of working men and women at the American Federation of 
State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Following in the 
footsteps of her father, Kenneth Meiklejohn, who worked for the AFL-
CIO, Nanine has fought to build and sustain a path to the middle class 
for working families.
  Today, I am pleased to rise to recognize her talents and her positive 
impact on public policy. Nanine worked to make government programs 
better and to support the men and women who help make those programs 
work. She developed an expertise in many areas, but she is particularly 
known for her deep knowledge of workforce issues, including job 
training programs, employment services, and the unemployment insurance 
(UI) system. As someone who continues to work to ensure an adequate UI 
system for workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their 
own, I can tell you that Nanine was a key voice in our nation's efforts 
to help workers hurt by the worst recession since the Great Depression. 
Her keen understanding of workforce programs, her firm commitment to 
social justice, and her determined defense of those who do the everyday 
work of making government work represent a very powerful combination.
  Now after four decades at AFSCME, Nanine is retiring. We will miss 
her tenacious advocacy, and we thank her for a career dedicated to 
strengthening efforts to help Americans succeed. We are a better nation 
because of the work of Nanine and so many others who fight for economic 
opportunity for all Americans.

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