2129 RES NOVEMBER 15 1981 MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FEDERATION OF ORGANIZED TRADES AND LABOR UNIONSRESOLUTION N0. 2129
WHEREAS, Idovember 15, 1981, marks the 100th anni-
versary of the founding of the Federation of Organized
Trades and Labor Unions, which evolved into the American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations (AFL-CIO), and inaugurated the establishment of
the modern American trade union movement; and,
WHEREAS, since that tir.le trade unions have played
an increasingly effective part in winning for their
members the right to decent wages, safe and healthful
working conditions, and dignified enjoyment of their
leisure time and retirenent years; and,
WHEREAS, Arierica'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 con-
tinuing contributions toward the advancement of job
opnortunities 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 accomplish--
ments of AFL-CIO trade unions in the area of decent wages
and working conditions, in erecting bars against the ex-
ploitation 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 assault 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, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the City Council of the City of
Paris hereby congratulates the AFL-CIO and the Paris
Central Labor Council on the century of progress it has
achieved, and joins in commemoratin; Labor's Centennial;
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution
be furnished to the officers of the Paris Central Labor
Council.
Passed and adopted this 9th day of November, 1981
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AT"'EST: Bill Burnett, Mayor
H. C. Gree e, City Clerk
APPROVED A TO FORiI:
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. K. Haynes, City Attorney