Newell & Hoffman Among DC JWJ Honorees
Thursday, June 20, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Longtime local labor
activists Roger Newell
and Ann Hoffman are among those being honored at DC Jobs with Justice’s “I’ll Be There” awards next week. Newell (right)
(Teamsters) has
chaired DC JWJ for a decade, and Hoffman (National Writers Union) “has
volunteered tirelessly on community
and labor issues for many years,” says JWJ Executive Director Nikki Lewis.
Other honorees include the George Washington Progressive Student Union, Rabbi
Bob Saks and the DC Employment Justice Center. For more information on
pre-ordering tickets for the June 27 event, contact Lilly at lillian@dcjwj.org or
202-543-1542.