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Evening with Labor News Release

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Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Honors Local Union Leaders. Transit union head Jackie Jeter receives top award leading Metro workers during tough times.

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For immediate release Contact: February 28, 2011 Donna Lewis Johnson (202) 833-9771, ext. 111 donna@mckpr.com Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Honors Local Union Leaders Transit union head Jackie Jeter receives top award leading Metro workers during tough times WASHINGTON, DC The Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO, representing nearly 200 union locals and community, religious, student and political organizations, will pay tribute to the labor movement and local labor leaders at its annual Evening With Labor Awards Dinner on March 12th starting at 6:30 p.m., at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 President Jackie Jeter will receive the JC Turner Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year Award. Beginning as a part-time bus operator, Jeter has worked in virtually every division of Metro. She was elected president of ATU Local 689 in December 2007 and re-elected for a second three-year term in December 2009. With nearly 11,000 members, ATU Local 689 represents the majority of Metro workers and is the third largest ATU affiliate in the country. Jeter has led the union during a run of challenging years for the aging system, including the June 2009 fatal Red Line crash, the instability in leadership with the resignation of General Manager John Cato in April 2010, and a soaring increase in ridership of Metro, the second busiest transit system in the U.S. In addition to giving transit workers higher visibility and an articulate advocacy voice during very tough times, Jackie has been a strong supporter of the political, legislative and community services activities of the Central Labor Council, says Metro Council President Joslyn N. Williams.
Other honorees include: Carl Carson, Cement Masons 891 DC COPE Award AFSCME Council 26 Organizing Award Teamsters 639 and National Nurses United, WHC Local Golden Picket Sign Award Stan Gordon, AFGE 65 Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award For more information about the annual Evening With Labor Awards recipients or to make arrangements to attend the event, contact Kathleen McKirchy at kmckirch@dclabor.org. ###

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Evening with Labor News Release

  • 1. For immediate release Contact: February 28, 2011 Donna Lewis Johnson (202) 833-9771, ext. 111 donna@mckpr.com Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Honors Local Union Leaders Transit union head Jackie Jeter receives top award leading Metro workers during tough times WASHINGTON, DC The Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO, representing nearly 200 union locals and community, religious, student and political organizations, will pay tribute to the labor movement and local labor leaders at its annual Evening With Labor Awards Dinner on March 12th starting at 6:30 p.m., at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 President Jackie Jeter will receive the JC Turner Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year Award. Beginning as a part-time bus operator, Jeter has worked in virtually every division of Metro. She was elected president of ATU Local 689 in December 2007 and re-elected for a second three-year term in December 2009. With nearly 11,000 members, ATU Local 689 represents the majority of Metro workers and is the third largest ATU affiliate in the country. Jeter has led the union during a run of challenging years for the aging system, including the June 2009 fatal Red Line crash, the instability in leadership with the resignation of General Manager John Cato in April 2010, and a soaring increase in ridership of Metro, the second busiest transit system in the U.S. In addition to giving transit workers higher visibility and an articulate advocacy voice during very tough times, Jackie has been a strong supporter of the political, legislative and community services activities of the Central Labor Council, says Metro Council President Joslyn N. Williams.
  • 2. Other honorees include: Carl Carson, Cement Masons 891 DC COPE Award AFSCME Council 26 Organizing Award Teamsters 639 and National Nurses United, WHC Local Golden Picket Sign Award Stan Gordon, AFGE 65 Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award For more information about the annual Evening With Labor Awards recipients or to make arrangements to attend the event, contact Kathleen McKirchy at kmckirch@dclabor.org. ###