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2008 Human Rights Award Dinner Held in NYC

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Some 400 people came together on July 9th at the Hilton New York to attend the 2008 Human Rights Award Dinner of the Jewish Labor Committee's Trade Union Council for Human Rights. Our three honorees were: Anna Burger, International Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU and Chair, Change to Win; William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer, AFSCME and President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; and Christian W. E. Haub, Executive Chairman of the Board of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.
[l-r: Rosalind Spigel, Acting Director, Jewish Labor Committee; Christian W. E. Haub; Anna Burger; William Lucy, Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO; Joseph T. Hansen, International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union; Stuart Appelbaum, President, Jewish Labor Committee, and President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, UFCW.]