City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2010-0324

• File #: 2010-0324
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/13/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/13/2010
• Enactment date: 4/13/2010
• Enactment #: 195
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and does declare this week to be “Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Week” in the City of Pittsburgh.
• Sponsors: Darlene M. Harris, All Members
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MRS. HARRIS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/13/2010	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO represents 900,000 workers from 51 International Unions, and 1,422 Locals in all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO seeks the fulfillment of the hopes and aspirations of working people through democratic processes within the framework of our constitutional government in a manner consistent with our institutions and traditions; and

WHEREAS, the beginnings of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) took shape in 1881 right here in Pittsburgh, at Turner Hall, Downtown; and it was also here that the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was molded in 1938 at the Islam Grotto on the North Side; and

WHEREAS, this year marks the 50^th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and the convention is right here in Pittsburgh this week;

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the 50^th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and does declare this week to be "Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Week" in the City of Pittsburgh.