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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING AND RECOGNIZING VICKI VIRGILIO ON THE OCCASION OF

HER RETIREMENT AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT

OF MEMBERS OF LOCAL UNION 1033

     Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, and
Felix

     Date Introduced: June 15, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, As a young girl, Vicki Virgilio would follow her dad, Joe Virgilio, to

various Local Union 1033 organizing meetings, union election campaigns, rallies, and

demonstrations, where she soon developed the desire to be involved and play an active role in the

struggle for worker’s rights; and

     WHEREAS, In 1978, Ms. Virgilio officially joined Local Union 1033, when she became

employed with the City of Providence as a Legal Secretary in the City Solicitor’s Office; and

     WHEREAS, In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Ms. Virgilio became the Union Steward

for Local 1033 and in unity with 1,000 fellow members of the Union, walked the picket lines in

several labor strikes for better working conditions and wages; and

     WHEREAS, Proving her loyalty and ability, Ms. Virgilio was named Recording

Secretary for Local 1033 in 1986, as well as serving as a Trustee of the RI Public Employees’

Health Services Fund. In 1991, she decided to leave the City Solicitor’s Office and took a new

position as Employee Benefits Coordinator in the Personnel Department for the City; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Virgilio continued as Recording Secretary for the Union until 1998,

when her father passed and she was named President of the Union. In addition, she served as a

Trustee for The RI Public Employees’ Legal Services Fund for 25 years, and also worked with

The RI Public Employees’ Training Fund from the time is was first created; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Virgilio was later appointed by then-General Secretary-Treasurer

Armand E. Sabitoni to serve on the Women’s and Minority Caucus of the Laborers’ International

Union of North America and was a Delegate to the RI Central Federated Council and The

Laborers’ District Council; and

     WHEREAS, For more than 45 years, Vicki Virgilio has been fighting for employees’ job

protection, working conditions, benefits and fair wages. Her efforts and contributions helping

Rhode Island’s working families is admirable and truly commendable; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

recognizes and congratulates Vicki Virgilio on her retirement after 45 years of dedication to the

members of Local Union 1033. We moreover wish her good health and much happiness in the

years to come; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Vicki Virgilio.

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