Peggy Browning Fund Honors Williams
Wednesday, May 18, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
This year, Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams
(right) is among those being honored by the Peggy Browning Fund, an organization
that “educates and inspires the next generation of advocates for workplace
justice through fellowships, workers’ rights conferences, networking and other
programs.” Also being honored at the awards presentation – scheduled for Thursday,
June 2 at the AFL-CIO – are Michael Bearse, Esq., General Counsel,
Laborers’ International Union of North America, and Richard Bloch, Esq.,
Arbitrator, Mediator and Attorney. The Fund was established in memory of
Margaret A. Browning, a prominent labor attorney and the first union lawyer
appointed as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. Click
here for an event flyer – including advertising/sponsorship details
– or click here to visit
the Fund’s website for more information. – photo: at the
March 16 demonstration against
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker; photo by Adam Wright