Mr. Speaker, next I would like to honor Jimmy Torres,
community organizer and activist, and also a major member of the SEIU
union. Jimmy Torres Velez grew up in Puerto Rico, where he went to public
school. After he finished his bachelor's degree in labor relations at
the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, he went to work with
migrant families in southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Since then, he has worked for various unions in many States and in
Puerto Rico. In those years he has held various positions, including
trustee, secretary-treasurer, organizing director, and AFL-CIO State
director.