Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO Conference on Civil and Human Rights

 
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004 MARION BARRY. JR. MAYOR REMARKS BY MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL,CI0 CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS HYATT REGENCY CAPITOL HILL HOTEL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1987 - 9:00 A-M. GOOD MORNING- TO JOHN SWEENEY, PRESIDENT OF THE FIFTH LARGEST AFFILIATE OF THE AFL-CIO, TO THE LOCAL LEADERS MARCHEL SMILEY, LOCAL 722, ARLENE NEAL, LOCAL 82, VINCENT FOO, LOCAL 500, CORNELL REED, LOCAL AOO, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND JOSH WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT, METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL, AFL-CIO. I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY AS YOU COALESCE TO ASSIST SEIU IN ITS LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL CHANGE- SINCE ITS CHARTER IN 1921 SEIU HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE- AND UNDER THE PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN