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Public Employee Press
NAACP honors Carmen Charles, Mark Rosenthal
Units of the NAACP recently honored
Carmen Charles, president of the Municipal Hospital Employees Union Local
420, and Mark Rosenthal, treasurer of District Council 37 and president
of Motor Vehicle Operators Local 983.
Ms. Charles received the 2003 Annual Freedom Leadership Award June 6 from
the New York branch. With DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts at
her side, Branch President Dr. Annie B. Martin presented the plaque lauding
Ms. Charles, For her praiseworthy and effective labors for liberty
and justice for all workers as the struggle continues.
Mr. Rosenthal received his award May 9 at the annual luncheon of the NAACPs
Housing Authority branch. Branch President Robyn Little presented the
plaque. Joining her on the dais were Hazel N. Dukes, president of the
NAACPs New York State Conference, Queens City Council member James
Saunders, and a group of DC 37 local presidents.
The branch cited him for rallying members to file complaints with
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when allegations of entrenched
racial bias in promotions scandalized the Parks Dept. and praised
his efforts to prevent abuse of workfare workers and provide real city
jobs for former welfare recipients in the Job Opportunity Program.
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