HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-1270 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of 100th Anniversary of
the Founding of the Federation of RESOLUTION NO. 81/1270
Organized Trades and Labor Unions
WHEREAS November 15 , 1981 , marks the 100th anniversary of the
founding of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions , which
evolved into the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO) , and inaugurated the establishment of the modern
American trade union movement; and
WHEREAS since that time trade unions have played an increasingly
effective part on winning for their members the right to decent wages,
safe and healthful working conditions, and dignified enjoyment of their
leisure time and retirement years ; and
WHEREAS America ' s local communities have benefited directly from
the activities of AFL-CIO trade unions , both on behalf of their members
and in the championing of the rights and progress of all Americans ; and
WHEREAS the trade union movement is an effective and accepted part
of our local social and economic fabric, providing for stability and
progress through its continuing contributions toward the advancement
of job opportunities to all who wish to work ; and
WHEREAS trade unions are in the forefront of the battles to do
away with discrimination, to improve the quality of community life ,
and to open new opportunities for individual advancement, on behalf
of those who often have no other effective champion; and
WHEREAS we now take for granted many of the accomplishnients of
AFL-CIO trade unions in the area of decent wages and working conditions ,
in erecting bars against the exploitation of the weak and defenseless,
in providing opportunities for training and education of the unskilled,
and in the safeguarding of the community interest against the assualt
of special interests; and
WHEREAS the continued existence of strong and effective trade
unions among us is a measure of the place they have won in the basic
fabric of our society, to be cherished and fostered as a matter of
civic pride;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of
Contra Costa County hereby congratulates the AFL-CIO and the Central
Labor Council of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO on the century of
progress it has achieved, and joins in commemorating Labor' s Centennial ;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be furnished
to the officers of the Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County,
AFL-CIO,
PASSED AND ADOPTED on November 10, 1981 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers
NOES: None I hereby certify that this Is a true and correctoopyof
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
ABSENT : None Board of Super cors on the date shown.
cc: Central Labor Council ATTESTED:1)LULIRL9 0_
County Administrator J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
P I O and ex officio Clark of the Board
By
4 Deputy
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