https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6637394&GUID=CFD8973C-EA69-452C-9C69-4711EE782C94Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6637394&GUID=CFD8973C-EA69-452C-9C69-4711EE782C94CFD8973C-EA69-452C-9C69-4711EE782C94-2024-04-23-19-45-55Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION HONORING WOMEN LEADERS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY WHEREAS, the Cook County President and Board of Commissioners have designated the first of May as International Workers’ Day, joining the majority of the world’s countries in honoring workers and the global labor movement on the anniversary of the 1886 Haymarket Tragedy in the City of Chicago; and WHEREAS, women have made significant contributions to the labor movement throughout history by organizing, unionizing, rallying, and inspiring all workers to fight for social and economic justice, better working conditions, immigrant rights, and equal pay across racial and gender lines; and WHEREAS, Cook County is home to many historically influential women leaders in the labor movement, such as Lucy Gonzalez Parsons, Jane Addams, Margaret Haley, Sylvia Woods, Reverend Addie Wyatt, Jacqueline B. Vaughn, and Karen Lewis, and many others; and WHEREAS, in 1910, women led over 40,000 mostly immigrant laborers in Chicago in the garment workers' strike against the garment iTue, 23 Apr 2024 19:45:55 GMT