Congratulating the AFL-CIO and the St. Joseph County AFL-CIO Council on the many years of progress it has achieved and its 100th anniversary

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RESOLUTION N0. 919 -81 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, CONGRATULATING THE AFL - CIO AND THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY AFL -CIO COUNCIL ON THE MANY YEARS OF PROGRESS IT HAS ACHIEVED AND RECOGNIZES NOVEMBER 15, 1981 AS ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY 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 mondern American trade union movement, and WHEREAS, since that time trade unions have played an increas- ingly 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 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 advance- ment of job opportunities to all who wish to work, and WHEREAS, trade unions are in the forefront of the battles to eliminate 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, 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 by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby congratulates the AFL -CIO and the St. Joseph County AFL -CIO Council on the century of progress it has achieved, and joins in commemorating Labor's Centennial. SECTION II. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect fro and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by t Mayor. 0 Member of the Common Council 1