Published By american income life & national income life LETTER Labor Advisory Board JUNE 2012 Vol. 44 No. 4 News from the AFL-CIO, CtW, International & National Unions

Unions vowed that the strug- gle “is far from over” after the disappoint- ing loss June 5 in the effort to recall Wis- consin Gov. Scott Walker. “We wanted a different outcome, but Wisconsin forced the governor to answer for his efforts to divide the state and punish hard-working people. Their resolve has inspired a na- tion to follow their lead and stand up for the values of hard work, unity, and decency that we believe in,” said AFL-CIO Pres. . The Wisconsin AFL- CIO said the recall campaign “created a new, energetic, broad-based movement for AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from wisaflcio. working people that is defying the odds.” The campaign was “about much more than Richard Trumka blamed Republicans in The AFL-CIO Building and just this one election,” said the state fed. Congress who have blocked President Construction Trades Department (BCTD), “We laid the groundwork for a powerful Obama’s efforts to enact job-growth policies joined by the AFL-CIO and Laborers In- movement to push back against extremist “whether it’s the American Jobs Act or rou- ternational Union, released the findings policies everywhere.” The election, the third tine highway infrastructure investments.” of a first-ever state-by-state comparative recall against a sitting governor in history, “The employment report’s hint of a renewed analysis of the Associated Builders and was the most expensive one yet. Overall slowdown also tells a deeper story. Not only Contractors trade association, better known expenditures are expected to exceed $60 did the financial crash of 2008 trigger the as ABC, and its affiliate organizations. The million. Scott Walker’s campaign outraised deepest recession since the Great Depres- report is entitled “Driving the Low Road Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 7 to 1, $30 sion of the 1930s, it also showed that the in the Construction Industry: An Analy- million to $4 million, while two thirds of economic model we have been following for sis of Associated Builders and Contractors Walker’s money came from out of state. thirty years has profound flaws,” he said. He (ABC).” “The findings expose ABC’s data called for a “continued expansionary policy” manipulation and an aggressive disinforma- Labor expressed “dismay” to generate shared prosperity. “That means tion campaign designed to confuse elected over the May employment report, describ- policies which reconnect wages to produc- officials, the public and the press into sup- ing the addition of 65,000 jobs and a small tivity growth, strengthen manufacturing, porting policies that produce fewer jobs, uptick in the jobless rates as “alarming and correct the trade deficit, particularly lower wages, and minimal workforce train- and unacceptable.” AFL-CIO President with China.” ing, which have had a detrimental effect 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 - 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 on workers, their communities and the Service Representative and OPEIU Vice Federal regulators need to US construction industry as a whole,” the President Joe Marutiak said the strike is the pay more attention to workplace health BCTD said in a statement. In other news, result “of mismanagement at the American and safety in the shale gas industry, na- the BCTD mourned the death of Mark H. Red Cross that has put our nation’s blood tional union leaders warned recently. The Ayers, president of the AFL-CIO Building supply at risk and abused the employees and warning focused on crystalline silica, or and Construction Trades Department since the donors.” sand, which is used as part of the frack- 2007, who died suddenly and unexpect- ing process. The heads of the AFL-CIO, edly on April 8 in Washington. He was 63. Three leaders of Congress and United Mine Secretary-Treasurer Sean McGarvey was urged American Airlines to comply with Workers of America issued the warn- unanimously elected to succeed Ayers. an order from U.S. labor officials that has ing in letters to the Occupational Safety prevented its passenger service agents from and Health Administration, the Na- The Office and Professional voting on union representation. A represen- tional Institute for Occupational Safety Employees International Union (OPEIU) tation election has been held up for more and Health, and the Mine Safety and called for all labor organizations with an than a month because of the airline’s refusal Health Administration. They cited a open contract covering blood services to to supply the union with the names and ad- NIOSH study which also called atten- join in the strike against the American dresses of employees who will receive bal- tion to worker exposure to diesel particu- Red Cross (ARC). The union pointed out lots, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi lates, airborne aldehydes and hydrogen that more than 50 bargaining units exists and Reps. George Miller and Nick Rahall sulfides. The leaders said that, according in ARC across the nation and each nego- said in a letter to AMR Corp. CEO Tom to NIOSH, the workplace fatality rate tiates separately. For the first time, four of Horton. The letter was released by the As- among oil and gas workers is 27.5 deaths these units joined together in a strike that sociation of Professional Flight Attendants, per 100,000 workers. began March 30. The units are OPEIU Lo- a unit of the Communication Workers of cal 459 and Teamsters Local 580 in Lan- America. The congressional leaders also sing, Michigan and Teamsters and UFCW criticized the bankrupt airline for filing a International workers in Toledo, Ohio. “ARC is too big related lawsuit on the issue. “It is troubling Labor News to feel the pain of even four simultaneous that a company in bankruptcy, which should strikes,” said OPEIU International Presi- be endeavoring to cut waste, may be using A new report from the Inter- dent Michael Goodwin in a statement. He its limited resources incurring fees in new national Labor Organization found the also called on labor to suspend all American litigation solely to suspend the election pro- transformation to a greener economy Red Cross blood drives and all union mem- cess and deny workers the right to choose could generate 15 to 60 million addi- bers to not donate money or blood to the for themselves whether or not to have union tional jobs globally over the next two ARC until the strike is resolved. Local 459 representation,” they wrote. decades and lift tens of millions of work- ers out of poverty. The study “Working towards sustainable development: Op- portunities for decent work and social inclusion in a green economy,” was led by the ILO’s Green Jobs Initiative. The report said, however, these gains depend on whether the right set of government policies is put into place. “The current development model has proven to be in- efficient and unsustainable, not only for the environment, but for economies and societies as well”, said ILO Director- General Juan Somavia. “We urgently need to move to a sustainable develop- ment path with a coherent set of policies with people and the planet at the center.” The report found that while changes will be felt throughout the economy, eight key sectors are expected to play a central role and be most affected: agriculture, forestry, fishing, energy, resource-inten- sive manufacturing, recycling, building House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from nasa hq photo. and transport. LABOR LETTER Pg 3

Industrial Zone since May 17. Recently, Republican U.S. National La- the Korean owner of the factory cut all bor Relations Board member Terence food supplies and electricity inside the Flynn resigned May 25 in the face of al- workers barracks that they have been oc- legations that he illegally released con- cupying at the plant in an attempt to starve fidential board information, including them out. The Hi Mo wig factory workers decisions before rulings were issued. Ac- began their strike on May 9, but reached cording to the inspector general’s inves- an agreement the following day with the tigation, Flynn, while chief counsel to a management that wages be increased to Republican member and before he was 30,000 kyat. But the Korean factory own- appointed by Obama, improperly gave a er refused to honor the agreement, and draft of an unpublished decision and dis- the workers resumed strike action by oc- sents in three cases to Peter Schaumber, cupying the plants. The workers said they his NLRB boss until August 2010. Some will continue their strike until the factory of the information was released while manager agrees to the previous deal. “It is Schaumber was a labor adviser to Repub- not just one factory, but a whole series of lican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. factory disputes,” said Nay Myo Zin, a for- Romney has since dropped Schaumber’s mer political prisoner who now heads the name from his campaign website. Flynn Myanmar Social Development Network. was appointed to the board by President “The factory owners simply refuse to nego- Obama in January along with two Demo- tiate because they believe the workers are cratic members when the Senate was not SACOM protesting the working conditions of powerless to resist them. They think that, in session which bypassed confirmation Foxconn's Factories. Flickr.com photo used under eventually, the strikers will simply have to proceedings. He was one of two GOP Creative Commons from Lennon Ying-Dah Wong. come back to work.” members on the five-person board. Despite pledges to halt labor violations, working conditions have barely National & Regional & improved at Foxconn’s gargantuan Chi- Political Events Local Labor nese factories that assemble Apple prod- News ucts, said workers’ rights activists and em- U.S. political observers cau- ployees. Hong Kong-based labor watchdog tioned that the faltering U.S. recovery and Teamsters Local Union 814 group Student & Scholars Against Corpo- looming economic crisis in Europe threaten announced May 31 that art handlers ap- rate Misbehavior (SACOM) issued a new President Obama’s reelection more than at- proved a new contract with Sotheby’s report May 31 which found rights viola- tacks from his opponents. “This election auction house in , ending a tions “remain the norm” including high will be a referendum on Obama, not on the 10-month lock-out that had become a production targets, inhumane treatment quality of the Republican nominee,” said symbol of Occupy Wall Street’s protest. and signs of overall salary cuts. The re- one labor political operative. May’s employ- The high-end auction house locked out port was based on visits to several Foxconn ment report was the third month in a row of 43 Teamsters members when they resist- factories and 170 worker interviews. “The weak job growth and the first time since last ed company demands for wage cuts and frontline management continues to im- June that the unemployment rate rose, from more outsourcing of union jobs. “People pose humiliating disciplinary measures on 8.1 to 8.2 percent. Republicans took delight are ready to go back to work,” said Team- workers,” the report said. “The above find- in the weak economic news, with presi- sters Local 814 President Jason Ide. “Af- ings demonstrate that Apple and Foxconn dential challenger Mitt Romney attacking ter 10 months we fought our way back to have not turned over a new leaf.” Foxconn the president’s policies. Few Americans, decent job standards.” The pact protects Technology Group, Apple’s main global however, realize that the country stood on union jobs, raises wages 1 percent a year, contract manufacturer run by Taiwanese “an economic precipice” when Obama took with a new starting salary of $18.50 an tycoon Terry Gou, employs 1.2 million office and that the president saved the -na hour, and maintains current benefits. The workers in China. The firm has come -un tion from “from falling off the edge.” “The lock-out became a symbol of inequality der fire in recent years for running massive situation he inherited was called ‘The Great as art buyers paid millions for paintings “sweatshops” to mass produce high-end Recession’ for a reason,” said one observer. while workers faced pay cuts and threats iPads and iPhones. “This recovery will take longer than a typi- of job loss. cal business downturn and people have to Some 2,000 Burmese workers be patient.” The challenge for President The Bakery, Confectionery, have waged a sit-strike at the Hi Mo wig Obama is whether he can communicate Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar that message to voters. Local 267G (BCTGM) in Crookston, Pg 4 LABOR LETTER

Minn. returned to the bargaining table same-sex marriage. “For too long, lesbian far better than a bill that was passed June 4 with the American Crystal Sugar and gay Americans have been denied the by the House Committee on Oversight Co. under the auspices of a federal me- right to marry the person they love, raise and Government Reform in October.” diator to resolve a ten-month long lock- a family and live as equal citizens in our He said the House bill fails to address out. Company officials, however, said country,” said AFSCME President Ger- the Postal Service’s underlying problems “our final offer is our final offer.” Union ald W. McEntee and Secretary-Treasurer while “management is about to embark members have voted overwhelmingly to Lee Saunders in a joint statement. “The on its plan to close and consolidate mail reject that offer twice and have made a President deserves praise for recognizing processing facilities.” The House bill, he series of concessions on issues the com- that this issue is about equality under the warned, would gut collective bargaining pany identified as significant, including law and the right of all Americans to live and calls for $3 billion in cuts to mail the cost of health insurance. The lockout their lives free from discrimination.” The processing facilities and post offices. affects about 1,300 union workers at the two leaders pointed out that homosexual company’s sugar beet processing plants couples are denied access to pension ben- in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. efits, Social Security survivor benefits, Significant The plants have been operating with re- family health and bereavement leave and Legal and NLRB placement workers. Workers, meanwhile, family immigration rights. “That discrim- Decisions embarked on a 200-mile journey from ination harms all of us, not just LGBT Drayton, North Dakota., to Moorhead, Americans. We have an obligation to U.S. District Judge James Minnesota to highlight their cause and work to overturn unjust laws and amend- Boasberg recently struck down a Na- force the company back to the bargain- ments to state constitutions that codify tional Labor Relations Board regulation ing table. Crystal Sugar is the largest beet prejudice and promote discrimination to speed up union elections. In his ruling, sugar processor in the country. against fellow citizens,” they said. the judge said the labor board only had two members vote on the final rule in De- Utility Workers Union of The American Postal Work- cember 2011 when it needed three mem- America Local 369 reached an 11th hour ers Union called on members to urge bers to form a quorum. He said his ruling deal June 1 for 2,000 linemen and other speedy passage of recently enacted Sen- was not made on the rule’s merits and that workers at NSTAR, Massachusetts’ larg- ate postal reform legislation. “We must the agency could vote again to pass it if est electric and gas utility. The three-year continue to take our message to members it has a quorum in place. But the agency agreement averted a possible strike over of Congress and the American people,” suspended the rule’s implementation in management demands for higher health said APWU President Cliff Guffey. “We the wake of the court decision. “We con- insurance payments and reduced sick must encourage legislators to address tinue to believe that the amendments rep- days. Local President Dan Hurley said postal reform immediately. Although resent a significant improvement in our the union also saved 250 jobs at NSTAR’s the Senate bill (S. 1789) is flawed, it is process and serve the public interest by Westwood call center. “We wanted to eliminating unnecessary litigation,” said protect those jobs. They are good Massa- NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce. “We are chusetts jobs. We were afraid they were determined to move forward.” The rule, going to shift them to Connecticut,” said scheduled to be implemented April 30, Hurley. According to news reports, the would have shortened the representation proposed three-year contract includes: election period to about 30 days from 60- annual wage increases of 3 percent, 2.75 90 days. The AFL-CIO called the judge’s percent and 2.5 percent, in each year; a decision “flat-out wrong” by focusing only choice of three medical, dental and vision on procedure and not on the rule itself. plans; and an enhanced 401(k) defined contribution plan for new hires. NSTAR Electric and Gas serves nearly 1.4 million customers in Eastern, Central and South- eastern Massachusetts. Labor Letter provided through In the Public Sector American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union Save the Postal Service Rally. Flickr.com photo Protecting Working Families endorsed President Obama’s support for used under Creative Commons from jonathantasini. www.ailife.com AGENDA JUNE 2012

Sean McGarvey President drive a stake through the heart of collec- But the economy and the growing AFL-CIO Building tive bargaining across America, so that power and influence of the super-rich & Construction they can continue the transfer of income have knocked us and the American Mid- Trades Dept. and wealth from working class families dle Class to our knees. As we have always to the top 1 percent. done throughout our history, America’s Because in order to continue this Building Trades Unions are once again America’s upward distribution of wealth, workers’ rising up in a fierce defense of the great Building rights have to be destroyed or taken away American Middle Class. In the face of Trades Defend and unions have to be weakened. relentless and hostile fire, our unions are Clearly, the stakes are high. forging a new path forward; one jobsite, Workers Yet, it has always been America’s and one election, at a time. Building Trades unions that have stood at Like the Allies launching the great I assume (the duties of president of the vanguard of protecting and promot- D-Day assault on Europe, the time the BCTD) with a solemn and heavy ing the American middle class. And we has come to fix bayonets and make our heart as we still mourn the loss of our willingly do so again. charge, brothers and sisters. And make no great leader, our great friend and our And whether they be economic, mistake about it, victory will be achieved brother, Mark Ayers. Mark was a man of political or social, the challenging cir- in the trenches... inch by inch. vision, and it was his vision of pursuing cumstances we face today now make it The great battle begins this sum- success through the delivery of “Value on incumbent upon all of us to aggressively mer and continues on to Election Day. Display, Every Day” that we will forever take ownership in everything we do, and But, the broader war will continue past honor as his enduring legacy. to compel people to see it and acknowl- November and it will be fought in every But we move on, and we move for- edge it. state, city, and hamlet — large and small. ward. Just as Mark would have wanted us With success stories that relate to We can’t match their money... and we to do. And there is a lot to be done. workforce development and training, don’t control the media. But, what we do We must continue to confront the PLAs and community workforce agree- have is a compelling story to tell. And it on-going assault on unions and collec- ments, successful labor-management will be our intention to tell that story in tive bargaining that is taking place all partnerships, and innovative construction our communities — one member, and one across this nation. And we must continue project financing, each and every one of family, at a time. to trumpet our value proposition that has us needs to take on the role of a marketing In that sense, we need to view our- enabled us to re-position ourselves for professional and tell these stories. selves as modern-day Paul Reveres. In ef- success in an ever-changing marketplace. Every day we must be focused on fect, we must be the messengers of a 21st The attacks on unions and collective conveying the entire range of value that century American Revolution. The only bargaining are simply a Trojan horse for we provide to construction owners; a lot difference is this time the Red Coats are the right-wing’s true intent, which is to of which is realized before we ever set foot already here. systematically strip any and all avenues of on the jobsite. There is nobody on this Earth that power and influence from ALL working When it comes to site-selection, and can do the job better than we can. It may Americans, union and non-union alike. potential legislative and regulatory hur- not seem fair that such a heavy burden is These attacks are nothing new. But, dles, we offer value. being placed upon us, but these are the what is new is their scale and their intensity. When a public education effort may responsibilities that come with the oath After outspending unions in the be needed to sway wavering politicians or of membership in our unions. 2010 election by somewhere in the whole communities on a development or (This column is excerpted from remarks neighborhood of 20-to-1, we can fully project, we offer value. delivered by Pres. McGarvey to the recent expect that ratio to increase in 2012 Our value proposition can be mea- 2012 AFL-CIO Building & Construction thanks to the influx of unlimited and un- sured at each step of a project — from Trades Dept. annual Legislative Conference.) regulated money. And their intent is to concept to ribbon-cutting. Pg 2 AGENDA

CWA’s Annie Hill Joins Advisory Board

Communications Workers of America Secretary-Treasurer Annie Hill is the newest member of the AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board, announced AIL/NILICO Chief Executive OfficerPresident Roger Smith.

“CWA Secretary-Treasurer Hill continues the long tradition of CWA participation on the Labor Advisory Board. She is a valuable addition to the board and we look forward to working with her,” Smith said.

Hill was elected CWA Secretary-Treasurer in 2011 by delegates to the Union's 73rd Convention. She had previously served as the union’s Executive Vice President and replaced former CWA Secretary- Treasurer Jeffrey Rechenbach who retired. Rechenbach also served as a member of the AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board and CWA President Emeritus Morton Bahr is a former AIL Benefit Check Received chairman of the board. AIL/NILICO’s Tim O’Connor (left) delivers an Hill has been a leader in CWA since her earliest days as a union member. Most recently, she has AD&D insurance benefit check to a member served for three years as CWA Vice President for District 7, representing workers in 14 states. of the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of She was elected to that post in 2005. As Vice President, Hill bargained critical contracts for Police who lost an eye while working off duty members at Qwest Communications, among other employers, and put in place new structures in on security at the Oklahoma Stockyards in the district to better represent members across that region. CWA represents more than 500,000 Oklahoma City. OACP Acting Director Chief workers in the U.S. and Canada. Phil Cotton (second from left) presents the check to the member and his wife.

ILWU Fights for Justice in Hawaii

Dion Dizon, AIL Public Relations, joined a rally in support of more Coordinator, Dizon, Christine Putzulu, Hawaii State Teachers than 300 workers who have struggled to form a union for ten Association member. The rally drew more than 150 participants. years at Pacific Beach Hotel in Hawaii. They are members of the Hotel management has been found guilty of repeated labor law International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142. Shown violations over the years, using fear and intimidation to prevent the are (left to right) Joanne Kealoha, ILWU Hawaii Social Services workers from joining a union. AGENDA Pg 3

Labor Letter Wins Award

The AIL/NILICO Labor Letter has been cited by The Communicator Awards honouring excellence in marketing and communications.

The newsletter was cited for a Silver Award of Distinction for publications that exceed industry standards in quality and achievement.

This is the second consecutive year that the Labor Letter was cited by The Communicator Awards. The publication received an Award of Distinction in 2011.

The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy Oklahoma Demonstrates of Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, Against Governor Walker communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms.

Founded nearly two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries The Central Oklahoma Labor Federation, annually from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its Teamsters Local 886 and Oklahoma State kind in the world. Building Trades held a protest demonstration against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in The AIL/NILICO Labor Letter was created more than 40 years ago and remains one of the few Oklahoma City on April 11 that was supported publications that reports on the entire range of labor news and issues. The publication is provided as by AIL/NILICO. The event coincided with an a service by AIL/NILICO to union leaders and activists in both a printed and on-line version. appearance by Walker at a fundraiser for the Oklahoma Council on Public Affairs where he If you would like to contribute material for the Labor Letter please contact was the keynote speaker. About 300 union Victor Kamber at [email protected] members and community allies mobilized from across the state to participate.

New York “Save Our Postal Service” Rally

David J. Scalisi, National Income Life Public Relations, (center) participated in a nationwide day sponsored by the American Postal Workers and the National a recent “Save America’s Postal Service” rally held in Albany, N.Y. Also shown Association of Letter Carriers. The purpose of the rallies was to educate the are Jackie Vanacore, Capitol District Area Labor Federation Field Coordinator public about proposed cuts in the United Postal Service budgets and pending and Jay Jackson, President of NALC Branch 29. The Albany rally was part of congressional legislation that would undermine postal service in the nation. Pg 4 AGENDA

YTD Contributions Listed below is a partial list of contributions made on behalf of AIL/NILICO, its State General Agents, and directed by the Labour Advisory Board. All contributions were made between January and May, 2012, and total $692,225.

• A. Philip Randolph Institute Support of • IUPA Scholarship Program 43rd National Education Conference • James R. Hoffa Memorial • AFSCME COUNCIL 25 Ad & Dinner Sponsorship Scholarship Fund • AFSCME COUNCIL 40 Scholarship •  Dinner and Ad • Alberta Building Trades Golf Sponsorship Tournament • Labor Council for Latin American • American Federation of Television Advancement Support of 19th National & Radio Artists Foundation Media & Membership Convention Entertainment Excellence Awards • Manitoba Federation of Labour • American Friends of Yitzhak Rabin Convention/Event Sponsorship Dinner & Ad Sponsorship • Massachusetts AFL-CIO 2012 Labor Day •  Education Event Fund • Michigan State AFL CIO Union Label • Americans For Democratic Action Convention/Conference • Arizona Education Association • NAACP New York Ad Sponsorship • Napa Solano Building Trades • Asian Pacific American Labor Council Golf & Event Sponsorships Alliance Support of 20th Anniversary and • National Consumers League 2012 Education Fund Kick-Off Trumpeter Awards Sponsorship • BC Building Trades Golf Tournament & •  Convention • New Democratic Party of Ontario • Building & Construction Trades Convention Department Governing Board and Reception • New Mexico Federation of Labor • CA Labor Federation Convention/ Sponsorship of 2012 Labor Campaign Conference Fundraiser • California United Home Care • New York Taxi Workers Alliance D.C. Memorial Service Workers 4034 Convention/Conference Convention/Conference Remembers “B” • Campaign For America's Future • Nova Scotia Government & General Take Back the American Dream Conference Employees Union Bursary Donation A memorial service was held for AIL founder Sponsorship • Ontario Federation of Labour Bernard “B” Rapoport in Washington, D.C. on • CB TU 41st International Convention Sponsorship Scholarship May 15 that featured President Bill Clinton as • Coalition of Black Trade Unionists • Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Conference one of the speakers. Support of Labor Council for Latin American • Plasterers and Cement Masons Advancement To an over-flow crowd at the St. Regis Hotel, Scholarship Foundation Golf Clinton praised “B’s” life of service and his • Conn ecticut AFL-CIO Convention/Conference Tournament philanthropic activities. Other speakers • Conseil Regional FTQ Montreal • San Francisco Labor Council COPE included former Senate Majority Leader Tom Metropolitian General Sponsorship Banquet Dinner Sponsorship Daschle, Democratic House Leader Nancy • CUPE 500 Scholarship • SEIU Local 1000 Central CA Coalition of Pelosi, Sen. and former AFL-CIO • D.C. Friends of Ireland Charitable Labor Union - Event Sponsorship President John Sweeney. Trust 2012 Irish Festival • Southwest Voter Registration Education Project The service was hosted by Ron Rapoport, • DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOC Dinner & Ad Sponsorship • UMWA Dist 31 B Golf Tournament “B’s” son, and Ron’s two daughters, Abby & Emily. Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the • Diabetes Research Institute • Union Sportsmen's Alliance General Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, • Economic Policy Institute Support offered opening and closing remarks. • Elderly Housing Development & •  Scholarship Fund Operations Corporation General Support •  Support of 50th An earlier service celebrating “B’s” life was held Anniversary Celebration in his home town of Waco, Texas, on April 11. • Gala Hispanic Theatre • United for Wisconsin Fund Rapoport passed away April 5 in Waco, Texas. • Guide Dogs of America Promotion of Jobs & Economic Fairness He was 94. He lived a long and storied life • IBEW National Scholarship for Families which was detailed in a 2002 memoir “Being • Idaho AFL-CIO Event & Ad Sponsorships • USW District 3 Burns Lake Fund Donation Rapoport: Capitalist with a Conscience.” • Illumine Group LLC Support of Unified • Workers Defense League Dinner & Ad Farm Workers in Florida Film Production Sponsorship • Instituto Laboral de la Raza Event & •  Jerry McEntee Ad Sponsorships Celebration