Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 21-6018

• File #: 21-6018
• Version: 1
• Name: CFL 125th Anniversary
• Type: Consent Calendar Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/22/2021
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 11/4/2021
• Final action: 11/4/2021
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION HONORING THE CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR FOR 125 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR WORKER JUSTICE WHEREAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor was issued its charter by the American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers on November 9, 1896; and WHEREAS, Chicago is the hometown of the American Labor Movement, the site of the Haymarket Affair, the Pullman Strike, the Republic Steel Strike, and more Local 1's than anywhere else; and WHEREAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor has fought for economic, racial, and social justice for workers in Chicago, Cook County, and beyond for 125 years; and WHEREAS, the CFL organized workers across industries in the 19th and 20th centuries regardless of race, ethnicity, or nationality; and WHEREAS, one of the first presidents of the Chicago Federation of Labor was John Fitzpatrick, an innovator whose dedication to justice and passion for organizing sustained the CFL for 40 years; and WHEREAS, President William A. Lee guide...
• Sponsors: BRANDON JOHNSON, ALMA E. ANAYA, FRANK J. AGUILAR, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/4/2021	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION HONORING THE CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR FOR 125 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR WORKER JUSTICE

WHEREAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor was issued its charter by the American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers on November 9, 1896; and

WHEREAS, Chicago is the hometown of the American Labor Movement, the site of the Haymarket Affair, the Pullman Strike, the Republic Steel Strike, and more Local 1's than anywhere else; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor has fought for economic, racial, and social justice for workers in Chicago, Cook County, and beyond for 125 years; and

WHEREAS, the CFL organized workers across industries in the 19th and 20th centuries regardless of race, ethnicity, or nationality; and

WHEREAS, one of the first presidents of the Chicago Federation of Labor was John Fitzpatrick, an innovator whose dedication to justice and passion for organizing sustained the CFL for 40 years; and

WHEREAS, President William A. Lee guided the CFL for nearly four decades after the passing of President Fitzpatrick, navigating a changing world during the civil rights movement and beyond; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor merged with the Cook County Industrial Union Council and other local labor councils in 1962; and

WHEREAS, the CFL created and managed WCFL, the "Voice of Labor", from 1926 to 1978, bringing the latest news, information, and entertainment to working people in Chicagoland and beyond; and

WHEREAS, the CFL has published the Federation News for more than 100 years, first a newspaper and now a quarterly magazine bringing labor news to local workers; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor has brought freedom fighters and labor leaders from around the world to Chicago, including Cesar Chavez, Lech Walesa, and Nelson Mandela; and

WHEREAS, in recent years the Chicago Federation of Labor has worked to pass increases to the minimum wage, fair workweek and paid sick leave laws, prot...