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IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2008/599
DALE ROBBINS
AND CONGRATULATING HIM
ON BEING NAMED LABOR-TO-LABOR's
2008 LABOR LEADER OF THE YEAR
WHEREAS, Dale Robbins has been a member of the Teamsters Local 315 for 39 years; and
WHEREAS, Dale Robbins has served as an officer for the Teamsters Local 315 for 20 years, including
being Secretary-Treasurer/Principal Officer since 1998; and
WHEREAS, Dale Robbins is a first-generation teamster who worked his way up from warehouseman
with the Blue Chip Stamp Company in Richmond, California, to union officer;and
WHEREAS, Dale Robbins' career includes many leadership positions that started with being elected Shop
Steward while working for the Associated Co-op Grocery warehouse, and includes working for the
Safeway Warehouse in Richmond;and
WHEREAS, After 20 years of active union membership, Dale Robbins was appointed Trustee of the
Local Union Executive Board and was later elected to the positions of Vice President; President,
and Secretary-Treasurer/Principal Officer;and
WHEREAS, Dale°Robbins serves on numerous committees including being Chairman of the Teamsters
Highway, Building and Construction Committee; Chairman of the Northern Californian Teamsters
Apprenticeship Training Trust Fund; _and Trustee on the Teamsters National Apprenticeship
Training Trust Fund; to name a few;and
WHEREAS, Dale Robbins has a long history of being devoted to building and maintaining a healthy
workforce and healthy communities through the labor movement;
NOW BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.honors Dale Robbins
for his tireless support of workers and congratulates him for being named Labor-to-Labor's 2008
Labor Leader of the Year.
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FEDERAL D. GLOVER ,
Chair
District V Supervisor
i JOHN GIOIA GAY UILKEMA
Dt ct I Supervisor District II Supervisor
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RY . PIEPHO SUSA A. BONILLA
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District III Supervisor L O� District IV Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action
Otaken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
ae e on the date shown:
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ATTESTED: September 9,2008
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O�T'4 COUK DAVID TWA,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator
By 411 0 bDeputy
Introduced by Supervisors Gioia and Bonilla, Districts I and IV