In Memoriam: Dorothy Jones Shields
Monday, November 5, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Dorothy Jones Shields, former director of the AFL-CIO union’s education
department, died Oct. 16 at Copper Ridge Nursing Home in Sykesville, MD. She was
77. Shields (at right) joined the AFL-CIO in 1972 and was director of the
education department, she was involved in such issues as continuing education
for workers and public education, and served on the board of the George Meany
Center for Labor Studies. She retired in 1996.