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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
25-261
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 1, 2024
To celebrate the 125
th
anniversary of the National Consumers League and recognize the
organization for its contributions to social justice and consumers’ rights nationally and in
the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, the National Consumers League (“NCL”) was established in 1899 by the
leaders of the social justice movement and its earliest efforts were successfully directed at
protecting workers in the workplace, promoting minimum wage legislation, and advocating for
the creation of the Children's Bureau and federal child labor restrictions;
WHEREAS, the NCL was instrumental in the historic passage of the 1938 Fair Labor
Standards Act by Congress that addressed child labor, minimum wage, and industrial homework;
WHEREAS, as the NCL continued to advocate for worker protections, it expanded its
focus to the areas of Social Security legislation, national health insurance, long- term care,
automobile insurance, and drug and food safety legislation;
WHEREAS, the NCL is a nonprofit membership organization representing consumers
and workers whose members come from every walk of life from senior citizens to teachers,
farmers to steelworkers, and nurses to students;
WHEREAS, the NCL has been a pioneering consumer organization at the forefront of
securing standards of safety and reliability of goods and services for consumers;
WHEREAS, the NCL has presented testimony on numerous worker and consumer-
oriented legislation to the Council of the District of Columbia;
WHEREAS, the NCL’s success is based on its multi-faceted approach building
coalitions, mounting public education campaigns and advancing improved legislation and
policies.
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “National Consumers League 125
th
Anniversary Recognition
Resolution of 2024” .
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia celebrates the 125
th
anniversary of the
National Consumers League and recognizes the organization for its contributions to social justice
and consumers’ rights nationally and in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately.