Labor Helps "Take a Veteran to School"
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Metro
Washington Council Metro president Joslyn Williams helped the AFT kick off
Veteran’s Day weekend on Friday, November 8 at event at Ann Beers Elementary
School in Washington, D.C., that included presentations by James Gilbert,
director of the AFL-CIO’s Union Veteran’s Council and a Navy vet, and
AFL-CIO Community Services director and Marine Corps vet Will Fischer. The visit
also included the donation of books provided through the AFT’s partnership
with First Book and the awarding of a check to Beers elementary by Williams
(photo) in conjunction with the AFL-CIO Adopt-a-School program.
Washington (D.C.) Teachers Union President Elizabeth Davis and Candice Radowski
from First Book were also on hand.
- photo by
Michael Campbell