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Honoring the career of John Meyerson.
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WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Philadelphia is pleased and proud to honor John Meyerson for his several years of civic and community service to the citizens and institutions of the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through his outstanding career in labor; and
WHEREAS, John Meyerson was born on February 8, 1952 in New York City to Daniel Meyerson and Roslyn (Cohen) Meyerson and, upon his father's passing, John moved back to his mother's community, with his older brother Bill, and graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1970; and
WHEREAS, In high school, John became active in the struggles for social justice and against the Vietnam War where he participated in marches and demonstrations in Washington, D.C., New York City, and New Haven, CT, and locally lead a sit-in against the War and for student rights and free expression at Lower Merion; and
WHEREAS, With this commitment to peace and human rights, John joined the labor movement and after high school, he held various jobs including working at a North Philadelphia warehouse that was organized by the Teamsters Union and as an industrial worker at a Bucks County trailer where he was an active member of the United Auto Workers; and
WHEREAS, During the Recession of 1974, he was let go from his trailer job and without other prospects, John and some friends and former co-workers started to organize other unemployed workers to demand the passage of the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Bill and this group became the Philadelphia Committee for Full Employment and it later merged with another organization to become the Philadelphia Unemployment Project; and
WHEREAS, With his unemployment compensation running out and his new marriage to his wife Leslie, John took a job at the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) where he met Herman Wooden and Wendell W. Young, III, leaders of the union that represent...
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