[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 15 (Thursday, January 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        REMEMBERING BOB MORALES

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I ask my colleagues to join 
me in honoring the life and work of Teamsters Local 350 Secretary-
Treasurer Bob Morales, who died in South San Francisco on January 26 at 
the age of 71. Bob was a great labor leader and a dear personal friend, 
and I will miss him terribly.
  Born in El Salvador in 1943, Bob came to the United States with his 
family as a teenager. After completing his education in San Francisco, 
he served in the United States Army for 2 years, reaching the rank of 
Sergeant Fifth Class.
  Bob began his extraordinary career with the Metal Polishers and 
Platers Union of the AFL-CIO. He joined the Teamsters Local 350 in 1973 
as a business representative, quickly becoming secretary-treasurer 
after only 2 years. In this role, Brother Bob negotiated some of the 
best union contracts in the Nation, providing his members with 
outstanding wages and benefits. A fearless advocate for California 
workers, Bob held several positions within the Teamsters, serving as 
the first and only director of the union's Solid Waste, Recycling and 
Related Industries Division, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Joint 
Council 7, and Chairman of both the California and National Teamsters 
Hispanic Caucuses. As a testament of his successful leadership, Bob's 
colleagues named him a trustee to the Western Conference of Teamsters 
Pension Trust--the largest labor pension fund in the western United 
States. In 1992, Bob was honored as Labor's Man of the Year in San 
Francisco.
  Beyond his tireless work in the labor movement, Bob was involved with 
numerous charitable organizations, including the United Way of 
California, the Martin Luther King Jr. Society of San Francisco, the A. 
Philip Randolph Institute, the Hispanic Foundation, and the San 
Francisco Senior Centers.
  On behalf of the people of California who Bob so diligently served, I 
send my deepest condolences to his wife Maria, son David, their 
extended family, and Bob's many friends, colleagues, and 
admirers.

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