Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) annual dinner

Rochester CBTU Annual Dinner

April 25, 2014

6 pm 

Rick's Prime Rib

Rochester, NY

 

This year's honoree and recipient of the Frederick Douglass Award:  Minister Franklin Florence

 

This year's keynote speaker:  Denise Berkley, Statewide Secretary, Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME Local 1000

 

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) was formed in 1972 as a challenge to the conservative leadership of the AFL-CIO.  When the AFL-CIO refused to endorse Democrat George McGovern because he opposed the war in Vietnam, Black trade union leaders echoed the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s voice in saying "That ain't right!"  They followed Dr. King's lead in opposing the war and advocating for civil rights within and without the labor movement.

 

Since its founding, CBTU has been a progressive voice within the movement, challenging us to fulfill the covenants left to us by A. Philip Randolph, Dr. King, and others.  CBTU has also been a conduit for Black leadership development within the movement.

 

Join us in a celebration of this tradition.

 

Join us in the fight for our future.

 

Details about the dinner, the program book, and tickets are contained on the attached brochure.