Proclamation
City of Palm Bay, Florida
NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION OF
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY March 4,2013
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
WHEREAS, for the past 100 years the United States Department of Labor has fostered, promoted, and developed the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of this country, and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Labor has continually sought to make the American workplace safer, healthier and fairer for everyone, and
WHEREAS, working families in the City of Palm Bay, across the country, and across the world have benefited form 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 a 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, I, William Capote, Mayor of the City of Palm Bay, by virtue of the authority of said office, do hereby proclaim March 4, 2013, as:
STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
and encourage all citizens to join in celebrating Monday, March 4, 2013 as the Centennial Anniversary of the United States Department of Labor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Palm Bay to be affixed this Twentieth day of February, Two Thousand Thirteen.
William Capote, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Alice Passmore, CITY CLERK
