City Council Meeting - May 8, 2013
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The International Association of Workforce Professionals was established in 1913;
and
WHEREAS, IAWP will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding at the International Educational Conference in Chicago, Illinois, July 6-10, 2013; and
WHEREAS, IAWP was founded in Chicago and celebrated its 50th and 75th anniversaries in Chicago in honor of its founder, W.M. Leiserson, Superintendent of Wisconsin Employment Offices who reached out to fellow colleagues in other states to organize an association of public employment offices; and
WHEREAS, Since its founding, IAWP has consistently worked to uphold the founding principles to provide members with education, leadership opportunities, information exchange and recognition of excellence; and
WHEREAS, The members have provided services to millions of American workers, new entrants, unemployed and employers by providing job placement assistance, training or retraining, career information, intensive services to dislocated workers, unemployment insurance benefits and disaster unemployment benefits, youth training opportunities such as job corps and summer jobs, trade act adjustment payments and training, counseling, veterans placement and training services, on the job training contracts, job analysis, recruitment, rapid response team for large layoffs, assistance to disabled workers, labor market and career services and administrative support to the workforce system; and
WHEREAS, This professional organization has members from many countries outside ofthe United States who attend their educational conference and contribute information to their publications thereby providing a forum to broaden discussion of and insight into workforce issues; and
WHEREAS, IAWP members have annually held international conferences and chapter and district conferences and institutes to provide training and networking opportunities; and
WHEREAS, IAWP has continually published a newsletter to keep its members informed of issues related to workforce development and educational materials; and
WHEREAS, IAWP developed the Workforce Professional Development Program which is a series of study guides and examinations designed to improve, measure and recognize an individual's knowledge of workforce development programs to provide more efficient and effective services to their clients; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered in a meeting this eighth day of May, 2013, do hereby recognize the important contributions that IAWP has made to the workforce system and congratulate IAWP on its 100th Anniversary; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to IAWP as they celebrate this milestone.
Patrick J. O'Connor - Alderman, 40 Ward
Chairman - Committee on Workforce Development & Audit