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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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S E N A T 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: Senators Ruggerio, and Ciccone

     Date Introduced: June 14, 2023

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

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

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

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struggle for worker’s rights; and

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

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

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

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

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several labor strikes for better working conditions and wages; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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Laborers’ District Council; and

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

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

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

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby recognizes and

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

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Local Union 1033. We moreover wish her good health and much happiness in the years to come;

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and be it further

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

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

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