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Instituto Laboral De La Raza 2011 National Labor-Community Awards Instituto Laboral de la Raza 2011 National Labor-Community Awards Friday, February 18th, 2011 Reception and Media Coverage: 5:00pm Dinner and Awards: 6:30pm Hotel Marriott Marquis — San Francisco 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 2011 Honorees GUEST OF HONOR & LABOR LEADER OF THE YEAR Edwin D. Hill LA RAZA CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD Senator Barbara Boxer (US Senate, CA) LA RAZA CIVIL RIGHTS AWARD Alice A. Huffman JIM RUSH LABOR AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AWARD Earl “Marty” Averette LA RAZA SAN PATRICIO LEADERSHIP AWARD George Landers LA RAZA CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD Josh Becker CURT FLOOD LABOR-COMMUNITY AWARD Major League Baseball Players Association Welcome Instituto Laboral de la Raza Instituto Laboral de la Raza STAFF 2947 16th STREET • SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 SARAH M. SHAKER Dear Labor Friends and Supporters: Executive Director Welcome to the Instituto Laboral de la Raza’s 2011 National Labor-Community Awards. This evening we BRIAN E. WEBSTER honor Edwin D. Hill, International President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, our Chief of Staff and Events Manager Guest of Honor and Labor Leader of the Year. According to the Huffington Post, President Hill “is a leading voice for a balanced and practical approach to the nation’s pursuit of energy independence“... and he expands “the role of job training … seeking to combat global warming.” DOUG HAAKE WALTER SANCHEZ Legal Aid Legal Aid and Program Manager We are very proud of our U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Senator Boxer is a true fighter for liberal causes. Senator Boxer, like the late Senator Ted Kennedy, truly cares for the rights of the working man and ROSA ARGENTINA OATES ISENIA D. ESTUPINIAN woman, and she will not compromise on her convictions. No compromises for Senator Boxer! Her Motto – Community Outreach Legal Aid “Vote Your Conscience”! JENNIFER RUSH NELSON ALVARENGA We welcome California NAACP President, Alice A. Huffman who has been a strong voice for the needs of Administrative Assistant Receptionist low income African Americans, as well as a catalyst to help students in low performing schools to rise up and excel! Our own Earl “Marty” Averette we honor for his tireless advocacy on behalf of IBT Union freight workers and his community Unionism – educating, organizing and fighting for the rights of the unorganized working poor. BOARD OF DIRECTORS UFCW Western States Council Executive Director George Landers is a powerful advocate for the rights of working families in the Western United States, and Josh Becker, our local and progressive entrepreneur, is JAIME T. GONZALEZ DAN RUSH helping California in the transition to “green jobs, energy independence, and a prosperous future.” Executive Board President Executive Board Treasurer Teamsters Local No. 97 (IBT) United Food and Commercial We present a special tribute to the Late Curt Flood. We honored Curt in 1987 for his stand against the reserve Workers Union Local 5 (UFCW5) clause in professional baseball. His case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Curt’s actions lead the way for free agents throughout all of professional sports. He was a great athlete, a renaissance man, eminently courageous and a man of honor. BRIAN McWILLIAMS EARL (MARTY) AVERETTE OSCAR DE LA TORRE Executive Board Secretary Teamsters Union Local 856 (IBT) NCDCL - LIUNA All net proceeds from this Event fund our critical educational and labor services for California’s unorganized Ship Clerks Union Local 34 (ILWU) working poor. We now look forward to providing you with entertainment, inspiration and a renewed call for the empowerment of all workers. Enjoy your evening. FRANK MARTIN DEL CAMPO SAMUEL ROBINSON JOHN ULRICH Local 1021 (SEIU) Hod Carriers Local 166 UFCW Local 5 In Unity, (LIUNA) FREDDY F. SANCHEZ LAURIE MESA RUDY GONZALEZ UFCW Local 5 UFCW Local 5 Teamsters Local 856 Sarah M. Shaker Executive Director Instituto Laboral de la Raza 2 3 Instituto Laboral de la Raza Instituto Laboral de la Raza 2947 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 2947 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel: (415) 431-7522 Fax: (415) 431-4846 Tel: (415) 431-7522 Fax: (415) 431-4846 www.ilaboral.org www.ilaboral.org About the Instituto Laboral de la Raza For nearly 30 years, the Instituto Laboral de la Raza has served low income families of California as a nonprofit advocacy and workers’ resource center in the Mission District of San Francisco. Most of its clients are unorganized working poor immigrants from Mexico, Central America and South America. The Mission of the Instituto Laboral de la Raza is to provide labor rights education and legal advocacy to obtain unpaid wages and other denied benefits for the unorganized working poor. It works in collaboration with other neighborhood organizations to effectively manage all other critical needs for the economic, health and social welfare of these disadvantaged, disparaged families. The Goal of the Instituto Laboral de la Raza is to attack the root causes of systemic poverty of people from all social and ethnic backgrounds through programs that stabilize them in their communities, and to build leadership skills so that they may contribute to the economic, social and cultural enrichment of their communities. Founded in 1982 by Jose E. Medina and community labor leaders, the Instituto, through its community unionism program, also provides workers with information to assist them to seek employment opportunities through Union hiring halls as well as to provide them the means to organize in their workplaces. The Instituto Laboral de la Raza has both community activists and labor leaders that sit on its Board of Directors. Its Advisory Board includes men and women from Organized Labor, from the legal and religious community, as well as grassroots activists. Instituto Laboral de la Raza is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. It does not charge for any of its services. It is funded by donations, grants and sponsorship by Unions and select businesses. It produces an annual fundraising Labor Community Award Dinner that is the largest in the U.S. Donations are tax deductible in accordance with section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. 4 5 EDWIN HILL International President, International Brotherhood of Instituto Laboral de la Raza ADVISORY BOARD Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO Guest of Honor ANTONIO ABARCA JOSE E. MEDINA UHW West – SEIU Founding Member & Labor Leader of the Year Exectutive Director Emeritus ROBERT S. ARNS Attorney ROBERT MORALES On January 29, 2001, Edwin D. Hill was appointed Arns Law Firm Teamsters Joint Council 7 International President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 350 Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, and later elected President DONALD C. CARROLL at the IBEW’s 36th International Convention, held in San Francisco, California, in September Attorney TEAGUE PATERSON 2001 and re-elected at the 37th International Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, in September of Carroll & Scully Inc. Attorney 2006. Mr. Hill assumed this position after serving the IBEW for over three and one half years as Beeson Tayer & Bodine both International Secretary and International Secretary-Treasurer. President Hill also serves as a FELISA CASTILLO member of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Bakers Union Local 24 EVA ROYALE Organizations. Director IGNACIO DE LA FUENTE Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival Edwin D. Hill brings to his offi ce over fi fty one years of experience in serving the International GMP Local 164–B Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in many areas of the union’s efforts. From his days as an apprentice ANTONIO SALAZAR-HOBSON in 1956, to his appointment and election as International President, Mr. Hill has dedicated himself to D. ALBERTO GARCIA Attorney the welfare of the members not only of the IBEW but of all working men and women. His concern Attorney for the fi nancial stability of his union and the fi scal security of its members has led to his involvement CHARLES P. SCULLY II as Trustee of the National Electrical Benefi t Fund and as Secretary of the National Electrical Annuity JUAN GOMEZ Attorney Fund. Mr. Hill also serves as Trustee of both the IBEW Offi cers and Representatives and Offi ce Window Cleaners Union Local 44 Carroll & Scully Inc. Employees Pension Plans. From 1982 to 1994 Edwin Hill held the offi ce of IBEW Third District Offi ce International Representative and from 1994 – 1997, as International Vice President for the CELIA HALSEY HOWARD WALLACE Third District. Community Activist MICHAEL HARDEMAN While at Local Union 712, Ed was active on various committees, he was appointed and served as Sign Display Local 510 PHIL WELTIN the fi rst Registrar in 1961, President and co-founder of the Credit Union, founder of the Scholarship Attorney Fund, served as Vice President and President from 1964 – 1970, and from 1970 to 1982, Business Weltin Law O ces, P.C. SISTER KATHLEEN HEALY Manager. Ed served as Vice President and COPE Chairman for the Beaver County Central Labor PBVM Council from 1972 to 1977, and held posts on the Beaver County Building Trades Council from 1970 SADIE WILLIAMS St. Teresa’s Catholic Church to 1978, serving as Treasurer, Vice President and COPE Chairman. He has also held positions on Founding Member Board President Emeritus the Executive Committee and the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania State AFL-CIO from 1976 DONNA LEVITT until 1997. O ce of Labor Standards Enforcement 6 7 Mr. Hill’s sense of community responsibility can be measured by his involvement in countless community based activities including: The March of Dimes, the YMCA, the Executive Committee of the United Way, Beaver County Council for Economic Development and the Governor’s Committee for Economic Development serving as Chairman in 1995. In addition, he sat on the Advisory Boards of Penn State and Geneve College and served on the Beaver County Medical Center’s Board of Directors from 1976 to 1996.
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