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The Philadelphia Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women invites you to join us for our annual... WORKING WOMEN’S AWARENESS WEEK AWARDS RECEPTION Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:30 p.m. UNITE/HERE Joint Board Room 22 S. 22nd Street Philadelphia, PA (Limited parking available in adjacent garage after 5:00 p.m.) ********************************* Come celebrate our outstanding 2008 honorees, their impressive personal achievements and their important contributions to our movement for economic, social and civil justice! *Joni Bernard, Facilities & Events Coordinator, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO * Robin Bryant, Financial Secretary & Diane Heller, Grievance Committee Chairperson, USW Local 10-234 * Kelly Dougherty, Executive Director, Iraq Veterans Against the War *Sisters in the Brotherhood, Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters *Sue Rosenthal, Retired PFT member, Activist Extraordinaire Open to the public. Door Prizes and 50/50 Raffle! Food and beverages will be served. Minimum donation of $25 requested. Be a sponsor for $100, and receive three tickets and acknowledgment in our program. Make checks payable to “CLUW,” payable in advance or at the door. Please mail checks and RSVP to CLUW, 1606 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 893-3770; kblack@dc47.org. Please bring a new book for a child age 11-14. The books will be given to children of incarcerated women by “Messages from Mom,” a joint project of local women’s organizations. Please join us for this annual CLUW event where we recognize the contributions of working women and honor outstanding leaders in the fight for justice and equality for women in the workplace, in the local and global communities, and in legislative and policy-making arenas. (Labor donated) ************************************************ About CLUW... The Coalition of Labor Union Women is a national constituency group of the AFL-CIO, founded in 1974 to address the critical needs of millions of unorganized women and to make our unions more responsive to the needs of their female members, especially women of color. CLUW identifies common problems and concerns of working women and develops action programs to address them. Our national President is Marsha Zakowski, long time Union Activist and staff member of the United Steel Worker's Union. (Visit the national website at www.cluw.org.) Our Philadelphia Chapter President is Kathy Black, AFSCME DC47's Health & Safety Director. Kathy has been involved in an endless number of campaigns to benefit Unions and women in the Philadelphia area. She represents our Chapter as a Co-Convenor (6 equal officers) of U.S. Labor Against the War, and as a delegate to the Philadelphia AFL-CIO. She also serves on the Board of Directors of PhilaPOSH (Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health), and as Vice President for Finance of the Philadelphia NOW Chapter (National Organization for Women). Our Chapter VP is Theresa Harris-Johnson, UNITE/HERE; Secretary Diane Mohney, PFT; Treasurer, Regina Fuller, APWU. We have 25 at-large Board members from 8 different international unions. CLUW's National Executive Board (NEB) meets three times a year in various cities. Our Chapter delegates to the NEB are Lillian Randolph, AFSCME Local 696, DC33, Sylvia Lieberman, PFT, and Regina Fuller, APWU. Our Alternate Delegates are Judy Hoover, AFSCME Local 2187, DC47, Yvonne Harris, AFSCME Local 590, DC47, and Joanne Gainey, UNITE/HERE. Our state Vice President is Barbara Barnes, Sprinkler Fitters Union, from Pittsburgh, and Janet Ryder, Philadelphia AFL-CIO/United Way is our Alternate Vice President. Kathy Black is an automatic delegate to the NEB as Chapter President. A national convention is held every two years. We celebrated our 13th biennial national convention in Las Vegas in 2007, and as always, a large Philadelphia group was in attendance. Click here to connect to National CLUW: http://www.cluw.org/index.html ******************************************************** Please take a minute to ask your Senators to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). ENDA would bar discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. In 39 states in this country, it is completely legal to fire someone because they may be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Recently, Democratic officials in Congress have said that ENDA will be voted on in September. They have also said that they will only bring it up for a vote if they know they have the votes to pass it. This is where you can help. If you have friends, family, or co-workers that have not spoke out in favor of the bill, please pass this email on to them and ask that they take action at the link below. The time is now for us to tell our elected officials that we expect them to vote in favor of ENDA! Please pass on the link below today. http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/pawenda ******************************************************* NOT ONE MORE DOLLAR!!! NOT ONE MORE DEATH!!! BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!!! Check the U.S. Labor Against the War website regularly, for news on the war and our campaign to end it. CLUW is a proud member of USLAW, at the national and chapter levels. Our President, Kathy Black, was elected to the national leadership team in February 2007, when the Steering Committee voted to expand the number of Co-Convenors from five to six. www.uslaboragainstwar.org. ******************************************************** |