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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.
