AFS PEP News - July Aug 07 - AFSCME Council 13
AFS PEP News - July Aug 07 - AFSCME Council 13
AFS PEP News - July Aug 07 - AFSCME Council 13
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<strong>Council</strong> <strong>13</strong>’s 37th Ann<br />
April 24-26, 2009<br />
Hershey Lodge and<br />
Convention Center<br />
Pres. Todd Singer calls the convention to order.<br />
Former <strong>AFS</strong>CME member, Sen. Vincent<br />
Hughes, (D-7th), wears many “hats” as a<br />
PA Senator and an advocate of labor.<br />
PA United Way Pres. Tony Ross, looks<br />
forward to working with <strong>AFS</strong>CME on<br />
future community projects.<br />
DC84 Delegates cheer Exec. Dir. Fillman -<br />
or did somebody mention the Steelers?<br />
4 Public Employee Press May/June 2009<br />
AFL-CIO Pres. John Sweeney with John<br />
Evans (L) L2147, Lackawanna Co.; and Joe<br />
Hickey, L2370, State Supervisory Dist. 4.<br />
Rev. Willie Sawyers, Local 2162 Vice-Pres.<br />
and Pastor at Millennium Neighborhood<br />
Community Church gives the invocation.<br />
Delegates sign up for the Make America<br />
Happen campaign.<br />
Exec. Dir. David R. Fillman welcomes members at the new Orientation for 1st Time<br />
Delegates/Alternates.<br />
Pres. McEntee congratulates delegates<br />
for ratifying the rolling furlough<br />
agreement calling it, “the best deal in<br />
the country that <strong>AFS</strong>CME has gotten.”<br />
<strong>AFS</strong>CME Kids lead Delegates in the ‘Pledge<br />
of Allegiance’.<br />
Once again DC84 received the<br />
Outstanding PAL Achievement Award,<br />
but DC89 took home the Outstanding<br />
MVP Achievement Award.<br />
Dr. Monita Hara, Superintendent of<br />
Scranton State School for the Deaf (SSSD),<br />
acknowledges <strong>AFS</strong>CME represented<br />
positions at the school.<br />
Kendra Cason, daughter of Bob Cason C<strong>13</strong><br />
Organizing Dept., did another great job<br />
singing the National Anthem.<br />
PA AFL-CIO Sec.-Treas. Rick Bloomingdale (R)<br />
presented 2009 awards to Penny Fink, L2865<br />
(Communication); Paula Schnelly, L<strong>13</strong>98<br />
(Community Service); and Cheryl Reynolds,<br />
L2360 (Political Action).