[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF 
                               T SANTORA

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 3, 2015

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate T 
Santora on his long career as a Los Angeles labor leader, and as an 
influential activist for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and 
transgender (LGBT) individuals.
  T has dedicated decades of his professional life to the 
Communications Workers of America, a union that protects the interests 
of thousands of L.A. workers. He has spent 35 years as a full-time CWA 
representative, working in both local and national positions.
  Today, T is President Emeritus of CWA Local 9003, which represents a 
diverse membership of approximately 2,500 workers in the greater Los 
Angeles metropolitan area. He also chairs the Legislative-Political 
Committee of the CWA Southern California Council, representing 27,000 
CWA members in Southern California. And he serves as National Co-Chair 
of the CWA Telecom Ad Hoc Committee, which regularly convenes workplace 
leaders in the telecommunications industry from the U.S., Canada, and 
Puerto Rico.
  T is also a leader in the LGBT rights movement, and a powerful voice 
for the needs of LGBT laborers. From 1998 to 2005, he served as 
National Co-President of Pride at Work, the AFL-CIO's LGBT constituency 
group. In addition, he represented CWA on the Executive Board of The 
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and on the Coalition 
of Labor Union Women's HIV/AIDS Advisory Board.
  T believes in the need to make Los Angeles' workforce the best it can 
be. Last year, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed T to the L.A. 
Workforce Development Board, where he serves on the Board's Executive 
Committee and chairs the Ad Hoc Committee on Expanding Apprenticeship 
Opportunities.
  Finally, T cares deeply about the youth of Los Angeles. He is the 
Founder and an Executive Board Member of the CWA 9003 Children's Fund, 
a non-profit charitable organization which serves the needs of L.A.'s 
underprivileged and homeless children.
  The L.A. City Council recently issued a resolution honoring T for his 
30 years of community service. That honor was greatly deserved. In 
public life and the private sector, T Santora has been an Angeleno to 
admire. As he takes a well-earned retirement, I ask my colleagues to 
join me in saluting him on a magnificent career, and to wish him every 
health and happiness.

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