Labor on the Move: UFCW 400's Lucas & Perez Elected to PG NAACP
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)UFCW 400’s Diettra Lucas and Tony Perez have been elected to key positions on
the Prince George’s County NAACP. Lucas (right), Director of Community
Growth Strategies for Local 400, serves as chair of the Maryland NAACP’s Labor
and Industry Committee and will be the local organization’s Community
Coordinator. Perez (left), Local 400 Director of Legislative Growth
Strategies, who was named “Labor Advocate of the Year” in 2012 by the Prince
George’s County Young Democrats, will chair the PG County NAACP’s Labor and
Industry Committee. “The Prince George’s NAACP has a dynamic
leadership team and has been a strong community ally and leader on recent ‘Big
Box’ bills in the county,” Perez said. "One of our initiatives is to ensure
that we collaborate with our union partners,” said Prince George's NAACP
branch President Bob Ross. “We are especially pleased that we have Diettra and
Tony on our team. Unions are the backbone of middle class families in Prince
George's County and the United States. We look forward to strengthening the bond
between the civil rights and labor movement and working together." - photos
courtesy UFCW 400