[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  TRIBUTE TO DANIEL J. ``DUKE'' McVEY

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 3, 1999

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I wish to recognize the outstanding 
achievements of Daniel J. ``Duke'' McVey, of Jefferson City, Missouri. 
McVey, who has been president of the Missouri AFL-CIO since 1982, will 
retire at the end of the year.
  Duke McVey has been a truly outstanding civic leader for the AFL-CIO 
and for the State of Missouri. McVey has been a Member of Pipefitters 
Local 562, St. Louis, Missouri, since 1954. In 1978, he was elected 
Secretary-Treasury of the Missouri State Labor Council for the AFL-CIO, 
a position he served until 1982. McVey was then elected President of 
the Missouri AFL-CIO in 1982. In the 17 years he has headed the 
Missouri AFL-CIO, he has raised the level of involvement by unions in 
governmental affairs.
  In addition to his service in the AFL-CIO, McVey has been a leader in 
his community by serving on various councils and committees. He 
currently serves on the Missouri Training and Employment Council, and 
has been a member of Trustees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri 
since 1992. McVey serves on the Missouri Business Council, the Missouri 
Task Force on Workers Compensation, the Commission on Management and 
Productivity, and the Missouri State Council on Vocational Education. 
Since 1994, McVey has served on Missourians for Equal Justice, the 
Governor's partnership on the Transition from School to Work, and Goals 
2000 State Panel. McVey served as the Literacy Investment for Tomorrow 
(LIFT) Board President in 1995, and he is a member of the Missouri 
Global Partnership, the Children's Trust Fund, and the Commission on 
the Future of the South.
  Duke McVey has been an extraordinary leader for labor, for his 
community, and for his State. I know the House will join me in paying 
tribute to this outstanding leader and wishing him and his family--his 
wife Arlene, and his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren--
all the best in the years ahead.

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