HomeMy Public PortalAboutProclamation, Union Label Week, September 6, 2008 PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, union jobs add considerable value to our community—by
providing decent wages, establishing safe and healthy work
practices,providing adequate health care and related
benefits to enable union members to enjoy their families
and engage in recreational and community activities.
WHEREAS, the wages and standards that union jobs provide lift the
quality of life for our entire community, adding economic
and social stability, and sustaining a vibrant local business
community.
WHEREAS, a stronger community flourishes where employers and
employees establish a long-term relationship based on
dignity, respect and mutual trust through healthy collective
bargaining.
WHEREAS, our environmental quality, public education, and the entire
infrastructure of our community is enhanced by the
presence of union families and their unions.
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THEREFORE, be it resolved that (1N' ' ' " s v P : • , designates
the week of Labor Day, Monday, September 1 through
Saturday, September 6, 2008:
UNION LABEL WEEK
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And be it further resolved that ( '= -- U I P ) encourages all of our
citizens to make a special effort during Union Label Week to ask for and purchase union-
made goods and to patronize businesses displaying union shop cards and employing
union workers. i( URISDICTION)