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File #: 230215    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 3/16/2023 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 3/23/2023
Title: Also naming South 22nd Street, between Market Street and Chestnut Street, "Pat Eiding Way", to honor Patrick J. Eiding for his service as President of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO and his accomplishments on behalf of Philadelphia workers.
Sponsors: Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Thomas, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Phillips, Councilmember Driscoll, Councilmember Vaughn, Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Lozada, Councilmember Gauthier
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 23021500, 2. Signature23021500
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Also naming South 22nd Street, between Market Street and Chestnut Street, "Pat Eiding Way", to honor Patrick J. Eiding for his service as President of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO and his accomplishments on behalf of Philadelphia workers.

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WHEREAS, Patrick J. Eiding is a lifelong Philadelphian who grew up in the City's Kensington neighborhood. Before embarking on his landmark career, Eiding was educated at Philadelphia public schools, including Dobbins Technical High School where he studied plumbing; and

WHEREAS, After honorably serving his country in the United States Army, Eiding began his extensive career in the labor movement as a member of the Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 14 in 1963. First starting as an apprentice, Eiding quickly rose through the union's ranks and eventually served as the local's Business Manager and Financial Secretary for over twenty-five years; and

WHEREAS, Eiding has served as the Secretary Treasurer of the Philadelphia Building Trades and Construction Council since 1980. Pat is also a member of the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), co-chair of PALM/BuiltRite, and is the Northeast Regional representative to the National AFL-CIO General Board; and

WHEREAS, Pat was first elected President of the Philadelphia Council of the AFL-CIO in January 2002, and he has served seven terms. During his presidency, the AFL-CIO grew to represent more than 200,000 workers from more than 100 unions, and Eiding has worked tirelessly to ensure that Philadelphia's union workers prospered during a period when organized labor has faced significant challenges; and

WHEREAS, Eiding has been a champion for improving conditions for workers in Philadelphia, and he has successfully advocated for a broad expansion of workers' rights through municipal policy, including the appointment of the first-ever Deputy Mayor for Labor and the creation of a permanent O...

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