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IN CELEBRATION OF MARK GAGLIARDI, RESOLUTION NO.2€I04/473
NAMED LABOR ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR
WHEREAS,on September 17, 2004 Mark Gagliardi,Chief Steward of the Western U.S. for OPEIU Local 277,
will be honored as Labor Activist of the Year by the Contra Costa County Central Labor Council and the
Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council,and it is appropriate at this time to highlight his
many achievements and to extend to him the special recognition of the public; and
WHEREAS, Mark was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1965, graduated from Punxsutawney,
PA Area High School in 1983; and he served in the U,S. Navy from 1984-1989, training as a Hospital
Corpsman,then later becoming an Operating Room Technician, worked at the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
in Oakland,California for five years;and
WHEREAS, A talented singer/songw�rat s,Mar �p dyed and tglarod with his band Outrider from 1989 to 1999;
and
WHEREAS,Mark wend to,�orlc for Am6fran-Ifio0 me L-A and OPEW Lt 6al.,277 in September 1999; in July
of 2002,he beoamations representativelorganizer;=and
WHEREAS,Markis a delegate to eight Northern California C:tntral Labor-Councils,"and in September of 2003,
Mark w s`eletted to the Executive Board of the Contra Cosh Central Labor Council;and
WHEREAS,.ft'i Octob r of 2003,Mark was appointed ChiefSteward,pfthe Western U S for OPEIU Local 277;
and r
'i bor Coaiittoaa in April,2004
WHEREAS,Mark* appointed to the Board of Directors of the Srtsanett, p
and elected Secretary,of the Coalition in June,2004; and M s org of nionanetnbers for the
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GCIU,UFCW,and OPEW rand
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WHEREAS,-`M4 o -!`ja d.phone b�,uks,precinct walls hd litter wrttii g tnpaigils for rrunlerous state
issues aiad l l a ai8;ital aiad Mark organized I d lec`pit i et,for the UFCW�Teairasters, Machinists,
arra nurrterotas,pther,f6cals in Contra Costa County;as well as Nortl�e {Calaornta, an
WHEREAS,atkthe r`equest.o the UFCW;Mark was sent, p.- ou h C0Jif,- to partactpa in the 2004
grocery strike.; and along with UFCW 101,Markrnaaaxtaned suprtedaix packlines, leading a
successful raiy and bIl one oscaston, had the store maatpl�atrited {aatd upon has return,Mark raised
over$5y00fl vattd gafli red t ti trudk loads of food;wIfich were refit"tt tie,picket lines in Southern
California]and for his efforts,,l arlt received the"Solidarity 14r6 Award','f ono-UFCW 1428 in
Claremont;California;.and
WHEREAS,Mark established the Annual OPEIU Local 2771AIL."Shoot far a Cure"Charity Sporting Clays
Shoot to benefit thea,FC ILeukettia,/Lyinplibin a Fund;which to,, 'leas raised funds in excess of
$26,000 and is attended annually by local:labotuniurfs from tlriotthaut California;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOL V` B`hat+dauseld Mark Gagliardi's many years of outstanding Union
and civic leadership, that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County would like to congratulate
hint on his receipt of the Labor Activist of the Year by the Contra Costa County Central Labor Council
and the Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council, and conveys best wishes for continued
success in his future endeavors.
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors me s esent this 14th day of September 2004.
FEDERAL D.GLOVER
Chair
District V Supervisor
"ryJOHN GIOIA GAILE M MA
istrict I Supervisor District II Supervisor
MILLIE GR',EENBERG MARK DeSAULNIER
District III Supervisor g District IV Supervisor
* I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
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and entered on the minutes of the Board of supervisors on the date
shown:
ATTESTED: September 34,2004
JOHN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
AdministratorBy Deputy
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