RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Charles "Chuck" LoVerde is retiring from his positions as Secretary-Treasurer of the Laborers' District Council and President of Laborers' Local 1092, following a lifetime of championing Chicago's working class; and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Chicago has been informed of this milestone by the Honorable Matthew J. O'Shea, Alderman ofthe 19th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Charles was born in the Roseland neighborhood in 1961, and began working for the City in 1977 in a role that would now be known as a construction laborer in the Department of Water Management; and
WHEREAS, In 1980, as a business agent for Local 1092, Charles organized laborers in the City's Department of Sewers to join Local 1092 despite working in an era when public sector locals did not have collective bargaining rights; and
WHEREAS, When public sector unions finally earned their collective bargaining rights, Charles helped negotiate the first collective bargaining agreement for City workers, and, for 20 years, Charles played a critical role in negotiating contracts between the City and Local 1092, protecting members during mergers of City departments, negotiating an overtime policy to ensure fairness for all members, retaining prevailing wage requirements, and enacting safety precautions for laborers that still exist today; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his years at Local 1092, Charles held several titles including Secretary-Treasurer, Business Manager, and, most recently, President; and
WHEREAS, In 2006, Charles became Assistant Business Manager of Chicago Laborers' District Council, which represents more than 20,000 members ofthe Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), and participated in contract negotiations with private sector contractors during the longest laborers' strike in District Council history; and
WHEREAS, In 2009, Charles took the lead in establishing the Chicago Laborers' District Council Charitable Foundation, which has donated over $2,000,000...
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