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Also naming the 1400 Block of Thompson Street as “Samuel Staten Jr. Way” to honor the life, leadership, and enduring contributions of Samuel Staten Jr. to organized labor, working families, and the City of Philadelphia.
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WHEREAS, Samuel Staten Jr., born September 9, 1952, is a native Philadelphian, a graduate of Germantown High School, and the son of the late Samuel Staten Sr., whose own life of service helped establish a proud tradition of leadership within Philadelphia’s labor community; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Staten Jr. began his career in 1972 when he joined Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 332 and spent seven years working in the field as a laborer, gaining firsthand knowledge of the work, sacrifice, dignity, and determination of the men and women whose labor has built and sustained Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Over the decades that followed, Samuel Staten Jr. rose through the ranks of Local 332, serving as Field Representative, Recording Secretary, Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Business Manager, President, and ultimately Business Manager, dedicating his career to advancing the interests of laborers and expanding opportunity for Philadelphia’s working families; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Staten Jr.’s leadership extended throughout the labor movement, including service as a leader within the Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity, the Philadelphia AFL-CIO, and the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, and in 2016 he was appointed Vice President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, bringing his Philadelphia-rooted leadership to a union representing working people throughout the United States and Canada; and
WHEREAS, His service to Philadelphia has reached far beyond the union hall, including leadership and service with organizations concerned with workforce development, housing, education, African American labor leadership, and the well-being of Philadelphia’s...
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