Tribute to Chuck Hall

Topics:  Chuck Hall, UAW

Congressman Sander Levin
Congressional Record: 115th Congress, 2nd Session
8 May 2018

[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E604-E605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO CHUCK HALL

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 8, 2018

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Chuck Hall, a 
close friend and longtime leader in the UAW, who is retiring after 46 
years of dedicated service to the union and to his fellow members.
  Chuck Hall worked his way up the ranks on behalf of workers and their 
families. He joined the UAW in 1972 as a member of Local 3, when he 
worked for Chrysler's Winfield Foundry on the east side of Detroit, 
Michigan. In 2005, Chuck became a UAW staff member, and in June of 
2010, he was elected Director of Region 1 at the UAW's 35th 
Constitutional Convention. UAW Region 1 has the largest membership of 
any UAW region, including 52,000 active employees and approximately 
100,000 retirees.
  As Director of Region 1, Chuck oversees 40 local unions covering 8 
counties in Michigan as well as Canada. Throughout his tenure as 
Director, Chuck has been an energetic and attentive leader committed to 
ensuring that his brothers and sisters in the UAW are fully represented 
while training local union officers to be successful leaders 
themselves. He has hosted hundreds of training programs and conferences 
to give local union officers the tools they need to effectively conduct 
strategic planning, enforce health and safety of their members, handle 
grievances, and run their local unions.
  Chuck's leadership extends broadly throughout the community. He 
serves on the boards

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of organizations which provide vital services to people throughout 
Metro Detroit, including Community Caring, United Way of Southeast 
Michigan, and Care House. He is especially proud of the work done by 
Community Caring, which provides eyeglasses to children whose parents 
cannot afford to purchase them, and provides Christmas presents to 
children who would otherwise not receive them.
  I have no doubt that Chuck's wife, Joyce; his children Alicia, 
Charles II, and Jason; and his grandchildren Savannah and Charley will 
welcome the opportunity to spend more time with him during his 
retirement. I am confident that Chuck, an avid bowler, will look to add 
to his incredible 13 sanctioned perfect 300 games at the blowing alley.
  Mr. Speaker, I have worked closely with Chuck throughout his 8 years 
as Director of Region 1, and like so many in public life and in the 
labor movement, I have been deeply grateful for his wise counsel on 
many issues and for his friendship. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
thanking Chuck Hall for his 46 years of service to the men and women of 
the UAW, and in wishing him well in his retirement.