[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 207 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HONORING LEW MOYE

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                             HON. CORI BUSH

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2023

  Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise to honor Lew Moye on his 
80th birthday for his years of dedication and service to our 
communities in Missouri's First Congressional District. Lew Moye 
exemplifies civil rights leadership that prioritizes doing the most for 
everyone--starting with those who have the greatest need.
  For more than 50 years, Mr. Moye has passionately fought to ensure 
that Black & brown workers are represented fairly within unions, and he 
has never backed down in joining others in the name of social and 
economic justice. As President Emeritus of the St. Louis Chapter of the 
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Lew has ensured that the voices of 
marginalized workers are heard.
  In the 1960s, Lew Moye was one of the founding members of Black 
Employees for Equity at Chrysler. Their group filed a racial and sexual 
discrimination complaint and took direct action forcing Chrysler to 
comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Lew's leadership opened up job 
opportunities in skilled trades, clerical and supervisory positions for 
Black and brown workers as well as women on the assembly line. In 1978, 
Lew Moye and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists played an integral 
role in defeating right-to-work in Missouri, and they have never 
stopped fighting, coordinating workers in North St. Louis County and 
across our region to get out the Black Vote.
  St. Louis and I are forever grateful for his unparalleled leadership, 
his visionary guidance, his generous spirit, his unrelenting 
solidarity--and for leading with love for our entire St. Louis 
community in the struggle for equity and justice. On this joyous 
occasion, we honor Lew Moye and express our deepest gratitude to him 
and his family as we wish him and all those he loves more life and joy.

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