Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the legacy of Gwen York, who dedicated her life to advancing the goals of the Transport Workers Union and the Texas AFL-CIO. Gwen was born December 27, 1956. Soon after her birthday, she located to Garland, which is just outside of Dallas, where she would spend much of her life. She graduated from South Garland High School and attended the University of Texas at Austin and later went on to join Southwest Airlines in 1980. It was a job that she loved dearly and put everything into. She later returned to school and graduated from the National Labor College in 2006. And for the past 10 years, Gwen continued her passion for making sure that people could have a good life, particularly those at the Transport Workers Union. She was loyal and dedicated. She was everybody's advocate and friend. I checked my last text to Gwen, and it was trying to get her to advocate for me and give me some advice on something. She was just that type of person. She was always very busy with her work, but she always made time to mentor people, especially a lot of the young women who were also part of the labor movement. Gwen left us far too soon, and it was very tragic in how she did, but I want all of her friends and family out there to know just what a big impact that she made on this world and for the State of Texas and for workers everywhere. She is survived by her husband, Mark York; her daughter, Alyson Reed; and her sister, Wanda Goode. ____________________”