Organized Labor and the American Red Cross teamed
up for Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
training.
In August 2004, six Labor representatives were certified
in Red Cross Disaster Response System Training that qualifies
them to lead teams during a disaster.
Left to right: Donna Hopple, Hershey Chocolate
Workers; Melissa Blum, VOAD trainer; and Mark Whitlock, AFSCME
CD 47 Executive Board Member learn how to use the Automated
External Defiriilator (AED) machine at a VOAD training session
in August.
Melissa Blum helps Janet Ryder, AFL-CIO representative,
use the AED machine.
Everybody loves a parade!
Labor volunteers prepare for the 2004 Labor Day Parade in
Philadelphia.
President Patrick Eiding is joined by union members and their
families prior to marching up Christopher Columbus Blvd.
Left to right: Ken Wolfe’s son, Ken Wolfe, President
Patrick Eiding, Union Member, 1199c member, Sharon Thompson-Goldman.
Left to right: 1199C Member, Tommy Blackwell; PA State Representative
and member of ILA, Sharon Thompson-Goldman, United Way Union
Community Activist Committee member.
Local Girl Scouts and Labor
Sixteen year-old Girl Scout, Emily Wilson, member of Troop
519 at White Rock Baptist Church located in West Philadelphia,
is pursuing her Girl Scout ‘Gold’ Award.
As part of the Gold Award process, Emily must master a subject,
develop and deliver a program to her local group and the community,
and then defend her work at Girl Scouts of Southeastern PA
next March to attain the gold award.
Emily’s award subject is Organized Labor. Many young
people have no idea about the impact that organized labor
has had on our economy and culture. Knowledge about child
labor laws, workers’ rights and protections, or many
other benefits of an organized workforce is lacking. Emily
will present four three-hour session classes that cover, labor
history, financial literacy, women and work, and workplace
safety.
Emily’s mother, Janet Ryder, plans to develop a curriculum
for a Labor Education program that she hopes will eventually
become a Girl Scout badge.
Emily Wilson, Troop 517 makes a presentation for her Gold
Award.
