Labor on the Move: UFCW 400's Lucas & Perez Elected to PG NAACP

(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