City of Hartford
Connecticut
PROCLAMATION
By
The Honorable PEDRO E. SEGARRA, Mayor
WHEREAS, Working families of Hartford, across the country, and across the world have benefitted from the United States Department of Labor's efforts to assure work-related benefits and rights, including the right to be paid fairly for every hour labored; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor has evolved to meet the changing needs of changing workforce by partnering with employers, community organizations and institutions of higher learning to improve job training, provide lifelong learning opportunities and advance efforts for profitable employment; and
WHEREAS, The impact of the United States Department of Labor has reached outside the confines of the workplace, touching people's lives at all stages, by allowing parents to take leave and tend to loved ones; training veterans and young people for the careers of a lifetime; and guaranteeing the pensions of retired workers; and
WHEREAS,the inestimable value of the services provided by the United States Department of Labor will remain of paramount importance to the well-being of all Americans and that it will address tomorrow's conditions, and meet the needs of future workers with the same insight, foresight and passion it has shown for the past century; Now Therefore Be It
RESOLVED, That I, Pedro E. Segarra, Mayor of the City of Hartford along with the Court of Common Council and the residents of Hartford, ask that all residents of this community join me in celebrating and, do hereby proclaim the day of Monday, March 4, 2013 as
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
In the City of Hartford
Pedro E. Segarra
Mayor
Dated March 4, 2013
