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NEWS FROM THE AFL-CIO said. AFL-CIO President political and economic reform, and pri- AFL-CIO, CTW, Richard Trumka affirmed, “We need com- oritize them over narrowly perceived na- INTERNATIONAL & prehensive immigration reform to bring tional economic or political interests that workers out of the shadows and support a usually leave average working people in NATIONAL UNIONS broad-based, robust, and sustainable eco- the Middle East and North Africa hold- nomic recovery. An ‘enforcement only’ ap- ing the short end of the stick,” the council The AFL-CIO scheduled more proach is not the solution.” said in a statement. than 450 events in August during the congressional recess “to hold politicians accountable and call for an economy that strengthens the middle class.” In addition, the AFL-CIO launched a petition titled “America Wants to Work” aimed at 800,000 online activists, urging politicians “to bring the same urgency to the jobs crisis that they brought to the politically manufactured crisis over the deficit.” The AFL-CIO said, “Working families across the country are angry at the partisan attacks pursued by politicians in Washington and in state capitals…” The labor group declared “thousands of working people will be at town halls, fundraisers, and other community events to ensure their voice is heard through the din of corporate CEOs.” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from AFL-CIO. Labor reaffirmed its support The AFL-CIO Executive Coun- President Barack Obama Au- of comprehensive immigration reform and cil saluted the independent trade union gust 3 held a one-hour “closed door meet- opposed “enforcement only approaches,” movements in the Middle East for “speak- ing” with the AFL-CIO’s General Board declared the AFL-CIO Executive Coun- ing out for better jobs and wages, and for over the nation’s sour economy and jobs cil in a statement unanimously approved at more political rights for the underrep- crisis. “This morning’s meeting with the its biannual meeting in August. “ ‘Enforce- resented and voiceless.” The council also general board of the AFL-CIO was a con- ment only’ is not the AFL-CIO’s position called on the U.S. government “to change versation about the urgent need to focus because it is contrary to comprehensive its historic lack of support for the work- on job-creating policies that will propel reform. We have serious concerns about ers and the people of the Middle East and working people and our economy forward,” E-verify, and do not support E-verify in its North Africa.” “The governments of the union spokeswoman Alison Omens said. current form. If E-verify were to change, region and the United States need to be re- But insiders report the union leaders com- we would re-consider that position,” the sponsive to the demands of the people for plained about the President failing on his

JAMES WILLIAMS, General President - International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Chairman - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board VICTOR KAMBER, Vice President - American Income Life Insurance Company, Executive Director - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board ROGER SMITH, Chief Executive Officer & President - American Income Life Insurance Company, President - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board DENISE BOWYER, Vice President - American Income Life Insurance Company, Secretary - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board Pg 2 LABOR LETTER commitments to include tax revenues as part head Joseph Hansen, who is also president of the debt deal. AFL-CIO head Trumka of the United Food & Commercial Work- blasted Republicans during the debt debate ers. They said Walmart stores regularly dis- for “acting like dictators” over their refusal to place existing jobs with poverty-level jobs. compromise over tax hikes on the wealthy to “Tens of thousands of Walmart associates help trim the nation’s deficit. qualify for and utilize food stamps, Medi- care and Medicaid,” they said. The AFL-CIO Executive Coun- cil elected three new members during its Unions affiliated with the AFL- annual August meeting at the National La- CIO’s Building & Construction Trades bor College. They are: American Federation Dept. voted not to participate in the Dem- of Teachers Executive Vice President Lor- ocratic Party convention next year over retta Johnson, Air Line Pilots Association their disappointment that Charlotte, N.C. President Capt. Lee Moak and Sheet Metal was selected as the convention city. In a Workers President Joseph Nigro. The coun- letter to party officials, BC&TD President cil also honored three retiring members, Mark Ayers expressed disappointment former SMWIA President Michael Sul- that they were not consulted before Char- livan, former ALPA President Capt. John lotte was selected. “We find it troubling Prater, and AFT Vice President Laura Rico. that the party so closely associated with Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons Nigro was elected president of the SMWI basic human rights would choose a state from Medmoisele T. July 1 to replace Sullivan who retired. Sul- with the lowest unionization rate in the livan led the union from 1999. Moak was country due to regressive policies aimed INTERNATIONAL elected president of ALPA in October. at diluting the power of workers,” Ayers wrote in a letter to Democratic Chairman LABOR NEWS Leaders of the nation’s two la- Debbie Wasserman Schultz. According to bor federations issued a joint statement news reports, the Teamsters are still unde- The Canadian Union of Public in July that criticized the Obama Ad- cided about whether to participate. “The Employees (CUPE) Air Canada Compo- ministration for honoring Walmart at a Teamsters Union has not gone through nent reported that a tentative agreement White House event. The event, hosted by our own internal decision process about was reached on behalf of Air Canada’s 6,800 First Lady Michelle Obama, highlighted the Democratic National Convention,” flight attendants after 17 weeks of negotia- Walmart’s expansion into urban areas. said spokeswoman Leigh Strope. tions. According to CUPE, the five-year “There is no justification for highlighting agreement includes wage increases, pension a private employer with a business model Teamster carhaulers ratified protection, better crew rest, and an increase based on suppressing wages for its 1.4 mil- by a 72 to 28 percent margin a new Na- to meal allowances. But some issues related lion hourly workers,” said AFL-CIO Pres. tional Master Automobile Transporters to the pension plan will be referred to arbi- Richard Trumka and Change-to-Win Agreement (NMATA) and three regional tration. “We are happy with the agreement. supplemental agreements, the union re- We believe this is the best agreement we cently announced. The 51-month agree- could get in the current context”, said Jef- ment, which covers 4,500 active workers, frey Taylor, President of the Air Canada is retroactive to June 1 and expires Aug. 31, Component of CUPE. “We will now em- 2015. “This contract reverses some of the bark on a road show across the country to difficult sacrifices our members have made present the terms of the agreement to our and we are hopeful the industry contin- membership. A ratification vote will likely ues to turn around,” said Teamsters Gen- be held within three weeks”. eral President Jim Hoffa, chairman of the Teamsters National Automobile Trans- Rengo, Japan’s largest labor porters Industry Negotiating Committee organization, questioned the future of nucle- (TNATINC). “In addition to protecting ar power after the disaster at the Fukushima members’ health care and retirement, the No. 1 power plant. “The Japanese people’s agreement provides for annual wage in- trust in nuclear power generation has been creases and a cost-of-living adjustment.” lost,” the federation’s secretary-general Hi- According to the union, this agreement royuki Nagumo told 6,500 participants at is the first national carhaul contract since an anti-nuclear gathering in Hiroshima. It Jim Hoffa. Flickr.com photo used under Creative the mid-1990s where the union won wage was the first time Rengo has brought up the Commons from biverson. increases in each year of the contract. issue of nuclear energy since 2005, when it LABOR LETTER Pg 3 began co-organizing annual peace events to commemorate the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But tensions remain in Japan’s labor movement over nuclear power as Rengo includes labor unions representing workers at power utilities and reactor manufacturers. NATIONAL & POLITICAL EVENTS Republicans won four of six recall elections August 9 in Wisconsin to retain control of the state Senate. Demo- crats and organized labor poured millions of the dollars into the races. Democratic challengers Jennifer Shilling of LaCrosse and Jessica King of Oshkosh were the two labor-backed winners. The recalls were Failed Bridge. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from wfeiden. triggered by outrage over Governor Scott Walker’s move to sharply curtail collective Failure to invest in the na- volume has dropped by 20 percent and the bargaining rights for public employees. tion’s deteriorating surface transporta- USPS has lost $20 billion, including $8.5 Republicans currently control the major- tion infrastructure will cost the American billion last year. Among other propos- ity in both chambers of the state legisla- economy more than 870,000 jobs, and als, the USPS wants to remove employees ture. All six races were located in heavily suppress the growth of the country’s Gross from the government’s health plan and Republican districts, which meant Dem- Domestic Product by $3.1 trillion by 2020, retirement system. “The APWU will ve- ocrats faced an uphill battle in all of the according to a new report recently released hemently oppose any attempt to destroy races. The issues, however, are expected to by the American Society of Civil Engi- the collective bargaining rights of postal carry over into the 2012 elections and la- neers (ASCE). According to the report, employees or tamper with our recently ne- bor’s campaign to back the winner in the America’s worsening roads, bridges, and gotiated contract whether by postal man- race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Herb transit systems cost the nation more than agement or members of Congress,” Amer- Kohl (D), who is retiring. $129 billion, including approximately $97 ican Postal Workers Union President Cliff billion in vehicle operating costs, $32 bil- Guffey said. The plan would require con- President Obama signed legis- lion in delays in travel time, $1.2 billion in gressional approval. lation August 1 to end the partial shutdown safety costs, and $590 million in environ- of the Federal Aviation Administration al- mental costs. “Clearly, failing to invest in About 1,300 workers at seven lowing the government to take in millions our roads, bridges and transit systems has American Crystal Sugar plants were of dollars in ticket fees it had been unable a dramatic negative impact on America’s locked out August 1 at facilities in Min- to collect during the roughly two-week economy,” said Kathy J. Caldwell, P.E., nesota, North Dakota and Iowa. The closure of the agency. The FAA partially F.ASCE, president of ASCE. workers are members of Bakery, Con- closed on July 23, leaving the government fectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain unable to collect about $30 million a day in Millers Local 167G. The contract dispute, airline ticket taxes and throwing thousands REGIONAL & the company’s first in 30 years, centers of people out of work. But the bill only LOCAL LABOR mostly on health care benefits and job se- provides short-term funding. In Septem- NEWS curity concerns. The lockout began after ber, Congress must approve the long-term the current pact expired July 31. “We want funding measure for the FAA and a dis- Postal unions vowed all-out to get back to work and back to the ne- pute exists over a provision inserted by the opposition to plans by the United States gotiating table,” said union president John GOP-led House that would repeal a new Postal Service to break its labor agree- Riskey. “We urge company executives majority-only rule for union elections in ments and impose drastic changes in to end this lockout.” American Crystal the rail and transportation industries. The health and retirement plans, and cut some Sugar is the largest beet sugar processor AFL-CIO called the labor provision in the 120,000 jobs. The USPS is proposing the in the U.S. Although the company is cur- House’s long-term bill “unfair, overreach- actions in response to continued financial rently off-peak and not processing beets, ing and outrageous.” pressures. During the past four years, mail replacement workers were on the job. The Pg 4 LABOR LETTER

company offered a 17 percent pay offer Workforce Development offices and bar a and municipalities currently face a $9.4 over five years but workers rejected the Legislature-approved 3 percent increase in billion unfunded pension liability. Rhode proposed pact over job security fears and the state’s allowable portion of the federal Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo created higher health care costs. Earned Income Tax Credit. “With high a Pension Advisory Commission that will unemployment, it seems counter-intuitive make recommendations for closing the gap Workers at Ikea’s U.S. furni- to cut the number of offices where work- when the General Assembly meets in spe- ture factory in Danville, Virginia, July ers and employers can connect,” said Ken cial session this fall. 27 voted 221-69 to join the International Sagar, president of the Iowa Federation of Association of Machinists and Aerospace Labor, AFL-CIO. Danny Homan, presi- Workers. The factory is operated by a sub- dent of the American Federation of State, SIGNIFICANT sidiary called Swedwood which makes County and Municipal Employees Iowa LEGAL AND NLRB low-cost bookcases and coffee tables for Council 61, said the governor “has made DECISIONS sale in Ikea’s 37 blue and yellow U.S. big- this into a mean-spirited budget, taking box stores. The Machinists targeted the his extreme corporate ideology out on the U.S. District Judge C. Weston plant in 2008 soon after it opened. “The people of Iowa.” Houck ruled August 8 that federal labor primary issue that has driven this cam- laws do not prohibit “the expression of paign from the beginning has been a plan- political animosity toward unions.” The tation-like attitude by management,” said IN THE PUBLIC suit was brought earlier this year by the Bill Street, director of the woodworking SECTOR International Association of Machinists department for the union who led the or- and the South Carolina AFL-CIO. They ganizing campaign. “Mandatory overtime We Are Ohio, a coalition of charged that anti-union statements made in New York City may not be a huge deal, unions and supporters, qualified a mea- by Governor Nikki Haley and Catherine but in a rural, family oriented small com- sure for the Nov. 8 ballot that seeks to Templeton, the head of the state labor munity with strong religious values, this overturn a recently passed state law which department, violated the constitutional treatment is unacceptable.” The company, restricts the collective bargaining rights of rights of workers seeking union represen- which hired the notorious anti-union law public employees. The coalition submitted tation and wanted the judge to order the firm of Jackson Lewis, pledged to work a petition with 915,456 valid signatures, governor and labor department to remain with the union “in a mutually cooperative almost four times the number needed for neutral in enforcing labor laws. In nomi- and respectful manner.” a referendum, according to the office of nating Templeton last December to head Secretary of State Jon Husted. If passed the state labor department, Haley vowed Iowa union leaders criticized by the voters, the referendum will repeal “We are going to fight the unions and I line-item vetoes used by Gov. Terry a law signed by Republican Governor need a partner to help me do it.” Temple- Branstad to strip portions of four appro- John Kasich on March 31 that restricts ton, in a January statement, said: “Let priation budgets approved by the 2011 the right of 360,000 public employees to me be very clear ... this is an anti-union General Assembly. The line-item vetoes bargain only for wages, hours and working administration.” In his 34-page opinion, will force the closure of several Iowa conditions and sets minimums for pension Judge Weston ruled, “…beyond labels and and health-care contributions. conclusions, the complaint does not allege the plaintiffs have done anything but talk.” Rhode Island unions created the Retirement Security Coalition to ad- vocate for public workers about potential changes to the state retirement system. George Nee, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and a spokesman for the new group, said the coalition was put together so unions could provide timely and relevant LABOR LETTER information about potential retirement sys- provided through tem changes to affected workers. “With so much information coming out almost daily, many of the rank-and-file members are Danny Homan, President of the American understandably confused and scared about Federation of State, County and Municipal what is going on with their pensions, which Employees Iowa Council 61. Flickr.com photo they have faithfully paid into week after Protecting Working Families used under Creative Commons from biverson. week and year after year,” he said. The State www.ailife.com AGENDA SEPTEMBER 2011

in favor of workers’ rights, they won back two with more than $22.5 billion of profits in the seats and reenergized the spirit of American past four and a half years. The strike has since workers, who are now readying themselves been put on hold while union officials negoti- for the next round at the ballot box. ate a new contract with Verizon. Shockingly, Roger Smith In Ohio, when the state legislature ap- Verizon wants to renege on benefits for retir- CEO and President proved SB 5, a bill that gutted years of hard- ees, eliminate sick days for new hires, abolish American Income won worker rights, more than 1 million disability benefits for workers injured on the and National Income people joined in petitioning for a state refer- job, outsource company jobs, and stick already Life Insurance endum to overturn it. Once again, a sea of red struggling families with over $20,000 in an- Companies is spilling into the streets. nual concessions. Even if you don’t believe, as I do, that I hope millions of America’s workers see organized labor is the surest path to a solid this fight for what it is – another attempt to RESPECT middle class, and that collective bargain- devalue labor and silence workers. American AMERICAN ing creates the type of shared prosperity we corporations must be brought to understand need in this country, you must join the fight that they can remain competitive, be profit- WORKERS THIS for fairness. This is not about union or non- able and still do right by their workers. LABOR DAY union; it’s about respect for American work- This Labor Day, we must support Amer- ers and the value of their labor. ican workers seeking a fundamental transfor- For too many Americans, Labor Day is The few at the top are grabbing all the mation to a fair shake for all: a fair wage while just the last day of a long weekend marking gains for themselves, leaving nothing for the working and protection for rightfully earned the end of beach season. It shouldn’t be that workers whose increased productivity has re- benefits like Social Security and Medicare. way. This is a day for celebrating the spirit of sulted in record corporate profits. CEO pay All people of goodwill should join our the American worker and for joining togeth- jumped 27 percent in 2010, while the pay of protestors clad in red, the unemployed and un- er to protect the American middle class. workers in the private sector grew a little over deremployed, the millions of workers enjoying I am the CEO of an international life in- 2 percent. This fundamental unfairness must a paid holiday today, and business leaders who surance company. If you think a management end. This battle will be fought at the worksite want to do right by our workers. Their voices perspective automatically means opposition and at every polling place in America. ask all of us, including CEOs such as myself, to to labor unions, think again. I am humbled Last month, 45,000 courageous workers do our part and pay our fair share in rebuilding to witness the impact of millions of workers’ went on strike against Verizon, a corporation our great country and our middle class. voices as they proudly affirm, “Workers mat- ter, and we are one!” America’s middle class and workers are under systematic attack. Our failed and reck- less economic policies, the Wall Street raid on Main Street, the coddling of millionaires and billionaires, and the gaming of a tax system that favors big corporations and offshore tax havens – taken together, all of these amount to a thinly veiled attempt to silence American workers and profit at their expense. It isn’t working. What started in Wis- consin with thousands of union members clad in red, battling to keep the rights they earned through their collective voice, has transformed into a national struggle. The stakes are high, and there is no place for by- standers this Labor Day. Havens of hope are turning up every- where. A record number of Wisconsin voters spoke in a recent recall election. Though they fell short of reclaiming a state senate majority Protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from zak((again)))) Pg 2 AGENDA

BOARD WELCOMES IBEW PRESIDENT International honored to be among those “All-Union Wall- Vice President and COPE Chairman for the Brotherhood of Elec- to-Wall” companies cited by the AFL-CIO Beaver County Central Labor Council from trical Workers Presi- Union Label and Service Trades Department. 1972 to 1977, and held posts on the Beaver dent Edwin D. Hill The International Brotherhood of County Building Trades Council from 1970 is the newest member Electrical Workers (IBEW) represents ap- to 1978, serving as Treasurer, Vice President of the AIL/NILICO proximately 725,000 members who work in and COPE Chairman. He has also held po- Labor Advisory a wide variety of fields, including utilities, sitions on the Executive Committee and the Board, announced construction, telecommunications, broad- Executive Council of the Pennsylvania State AIL/NILICO casting, manufacturing, railroads and gov- AFL-CIO from 1976 until 1997. President & CEO ernment. The IBEW has members in both From 1982 to 1994, Mr. Hill held the of- Roger Smith. the United States and Canada. fice of IBEW Third District Office Interna- “We are very proud to welcome Presi- Hill has served as president of the tional Representative, and was International dent Hill to the board,” said Smith. “He is IBEW since January 29, 2001, when he was Vice President for the Third District from 1994 a global labor leader and one of the out- appointed by the board. He was later elected – 1997. He is a Trustee of the National Electri- standing union presidents in labor. He is a President at the IBEW’s 36th International cal Benefit Fund and Secretary of the National valuable addition to the board.” Convention, held in San Francisco, Cali- Electrical Annuity Fund, and serves as Trustee Unique in U.S. business, American In- fornia, in September 2001 and re-elected at of both the IBEW Officers and Representatives come Life’s Labor Advisory Board is com- the 37th International Convention held in and Office Employees Pension Plans. prised of more than 45 international unions, Cleveland, Ohio, in September of 2006. Hill In addition, Hill is involved in countless associations, organizations, and their leader- previously served as both International Sec- community-based activities including The ship, representing over nine million members retary and International Secretary-Treasurer March of Dimes, the YMCA, the Execu- covered by our policies and benefits. The chair- of the IBEW for more than three and one tive Committee of the United Way, Beaver man is James Williams, President, Interna- half years. He also serves as a member of the County Council for Economic Develop- tional Union of Painters and Allied Trades. AFL-CIO Executive Council. ment and the Governor’s Committee for With their advice, AIL/NILICO pro- He began as a union member with Local Economic Development serving as Chair- vides substantial financial assistance to la- 712 in Pennsylvania as an apprentice in 1956. man in 1995. He sat on the Advisory Boards bor and labor-related causes, and develops Over the years, he has served in numerous of Penn State and Geneva College, and programs to best meet the needs of union leadership positions in the union from the served on the Beaver County Medical Cen- members and their families. AIL/NILICO is local to the national level. Hill also served as ter’s Board of Directors from 1976 to 1996.

Tennessee’s Jobs with Justice AIL/NILICO recently made a contribution to the activities of the Middle Tennessee Jobs with Justice coalition. Shown left are (from left to right) Jerry Lee, president Tennessee AFL-CIO; Dietrich Johnson, lead organizer, AIL/NILICO’s Dave Blaisdell; Middle Tennessee Jobs with Justice; Eddie Bryan, S/T Tennessee AFL-CIO. Jobs with Justice is comprised of faith and community-based organizations, labor unions, and individuals committed to social and economic justice for working people and their families.

AIL Supports Joplin Recovery Cynthia Cleary, AIL/NILICO Public Relations Manager for Missouri, Kansas, and Southern Illinois, spearheaded efforts by AIL/NILICO to Atlanta Labor Day Activities collect food for the survivors of the massive The annual Labor Day celebration is a big tornado that recently struck Joplin, Mo. Shown event in Atlanta and AIL/NILICO is a major left with Cynthia at a food collection center is supporter of the activities. Shown above, AIL/ Teamsters Local 823 President Rod Taylor. NILICO Public Relations, Cassie McCormack (left) presents a $1,000 donation for the Labor Day event to Charlie Fleming, President, Atlanta Central Labor Council. AGENDA Pg 3

NYC Marches for Middle Class AIL/NILCO representatives joined more than 200,000 people in June who streamed across the Brooklyn Bridge in a March for the Middle Class. The event was co-sponsored by the New York State AFL-CIO and the New York City Central Labor Council. According to the unions, the event was staged “to protest attacks on working families’ jobs and values in the city and across the state.”

Verizon Strike Rally AIL/NILICO representatives showed their support for the striking workers at Verizon during a rally on August 8 in Silver Spring, MD. More than 45,000 workers went on strike against Verizon in a contract dispute over more than 100 management concessionary demands, despite millions in profits posted by the corporation. The workers are represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Pg 4 AGENDA

AIL Stands with Florida Workers AIL representatives (shown in photo below) joined the recent “Fight for Florida” rally spearheaded by the Florida labor movement to “fight for middle class jobs.”AIL was among the sponsors of the event and had an informational booth along with 40 other various labor supporters, community, faith, and political organizations. “On behalf of Fight for Florida, I would like to thank you for your sponsorship,” wrote Fight for Florida President Brian Dempsey in a thank you note to AIL. “Our challenge is to be an action hub for working Floridians fighting back against the assault on Florida's middle class.” Dempsey also serves as Secy.-Treas. of the Florida AFL-CIO.

Workers Rally in Seattle AIL/NILICO’s Anna Gincherman above, (right) was among the more than 600 hospitality workers and their supporters who rallied July 22 in front of the Seattle Westin Hotel for a new contract. She is shown with a representative of UNITE Local 8, which represents the workers. Union contracts covering more than 1,400 workers have expired. The workers are “fighting for livable wages, job security, safe working conditions, and respect on the job,” said the union. Affected businesses include the Hilton and Doubletree Hotels in SeaTac, as well as the Westin, Edgewater, Seattle Hilton, Washington Athletic Club, and Space Needle Restaurant in Seattle.

Yukon Fire Fighters Thank you, Check Mark Ayers, Ray Hair, Ken Howard, Matthew D. Loeb, Roberta Reardon, AIL representative Tim Nick Wyman & the NLC. O’Connor (left) presents You build the labor movement — one leader at a time. a benefit check for a member to the president (center) and vice president of the Yukon (Oklahoma) Fire Fighters union.

“A Time to Build” for Labor’s College AIL is a long-time supporter of the National Labor College, which recently hosted "A Time to Build." The event honored Mark Ayers, president, AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Department; and the union leadership of the entertainment industry, including Ray Hair, president, American Federation of Musicians; Ken Howard, president, Screen Actors Guild; Matt Loeb, president, www.ailife.com 202.833.2030 Protecting Working Families 1701 K Street, N.W. Suite 300 International Association of Theater & Stage Employees; Roberta Reardon, president, American AMERICAN INCOME LIFE Washington, DC 20006 NATIONAL INCOME LIFE Federation of Television & Radio Artists; Nick Wyman, Actors Equity. AIL was among the sponsors insurance companies with an ad that helped raise $400,000 to support the college’s mission of providing education Roger Smith, President & CEO • Victor Kamber, Vice President • Denise Bowyer, Vice President opportunities and union training for working families.