Full Text of HR1137 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the | 4 | | National Association of Letter Carriers Aurora Branch 219 on | 5 | | the occasion of the organization's 125th anniversary in 2016; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Franklin was appointed to serve as the | 8 | | first Postmaster General in what is now the United States by | 9 | | the Continental Congress in 1775; since then, the history of | 10 | | the United States Postal Service has been interwoven with that | 11 | | of the country it serves; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Free city delivery of mail was established in the | 13 | | United States in 1863; in the years that followed, letter | 14 | | carriers found themselves working 10 to 12-hour days, seven | 15 | | days a week; the fight to achieve legal recognition of an | 16 | | eight-hour day, successfully concluded in 1888, clearly | 17 | | demonstrated what could be achieved when letter carriers banded | 18 | | together and reached out beyond their local area; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, This idea was behind the official call, issued by | 20 | | Milwaukee letter carriers, to meet in August of 1889; for the | 21 | | event, 60 letter carriers showed up in Milwaukee on August 29, | 22 | | 1899 in the meeting room above Schaeffer's Saloon; the |
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| 1 | | following day, these delegates passed a resolution officially | 2 | | establishing the National Association of Letter Carriers; the | 3 | | following year saw letter carriers in attendance from the north | 4 | | and the south, from small towns and big cities alike, united | 5 | | and ready to move forward; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, the National Association of Letter | 7 | | Carriers has raised money for several charities, collected for | 8 | | food pantries, and helped their communities on a daily basis; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Charters have been an essential part of | 11 | | maintaining the union's structure since its founding; Article | 12 | | 11, Section 3 of their first constitution refers to a charter | 13 | | "duly granted by the national association", which gives the | 14 | | local association or branch "all the power and privileges of a | 15 | | local association working under the jurisdiction of the | 16 | | National Association"; on May 6, 1891, letter carriers in | 17 | | Aurora were issued a charter for Branch 219 in order to | 18 | | represent the interests of the City's letter carriers; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The members of the National Association of Letter | 20 | | Carriers Aurora Branch 219 serve as models of hard work, | 21 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 22 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate the members of the National Association of Letter | 4 | | Carriers Aurora Branch 219 on the occasion of the | 5 | | organization's 125th anniversary and wish them continued | 6 | | success and happiness in the future; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the National Association of Letter Carriers Aurora | 9 | | Branch 219 as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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