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HR 587 - International Longshoremen's Association Local 1414; commend

Pelote, Dorothy B (149th)

Status Summary	HC:		SC:		FR:	03/17/99	LA:	03/17/99	H - Passed/Adopted

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A RESOLUTION recognizing International Longshoremen's Association Local 1414; and for other purposes.

HR 587                                             LC 21 5541 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Recognizing International Longshoremen's Association Local 
  1- 2  1414; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, on March 15, 1999, International Longshoremen's 
  1- 4  Association Local 1414 observed its sixty-third anniversary; 
  1- 5  and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, Local 1414 has worked throughout its history to 
  1- 7  establish an outstanding package of wages, insurance 
  1- 8  protection, vacation benefits, and pension benefits for its 
  1- 9  members, has worked tirelessly to improve the working 
  1-10  conditions of its members, and has established a federal 
  1-11  credit union for the benefit of its members; and 
 
  1-12  WHEREAS, the proud history of Local 1414 includes help from 
  1-13  President Franklin Roosevelt in securing the first 
  1-14  collective bargaining agreement with intransigent employers, 
  1-15  a struggle to require all hiring to take place at the union 
  1-16  hall, organizing maintenance and repair shop workers, its 
  1-17  first woman longshoreman, and its first political forum; and 
 
  1-18  WHEREAS, Local 1414 has been an active participant in 
  1-19  bringing new industry to the State of Georgia, in helping to 
  1-20  enhance the export of Georgia products, and in encouraging 
  1-21  the use of Georgia's outstanding port facilities; and 
 
  1-22  WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that Local 1414 be 
  1-23  recognized on the occasion of its sixty-third anniversary. 
 
  1-24  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-25  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and 
  1-26  commend International Longshoremen's Association Local 1414 
  1-27  for its many contributions to its members and the citizens 
  1-28  of the State of Georgia and extend their congratulations on 
  1-29  the sixty-third anniversary of Local 1414. 
 
  1-30  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-31  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  1-32  appropriate copy of this resolution to Local 1414. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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