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Public
Employee Press
Roberts, Bahnken cited for labor and public health roles
DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts and Patrick Bahnken,
president of Uniformed EMTs and Paramedics Local 2507, recently received
awards from the Commission on the Publics Health System for their
important contributions to the labor movement and public health.
Community Service Society President David Jones presented Ms. Roberts
their Lifetime Achievement Award for her longtime struggle for civil,
economic and workers rights. The commission cited her leadership
in organizing hospital workers in Chicago and New York, developing the
DC 37 Education Fund and the Municipal Employees Legal Service, and serving
in the 1980s as the first African-American state Labor Commissioner.
I thank the members for permitting me to serve them, said
Ms. Roberts at the April 28 ceremony. Mr. Bahnken received the Marshall
England Memorial Public Health Award for his leadership in the fight
to keep an accountable and public emergency medical system. He was
cited for his fierce opposition to the Fire Dept.s efforts to privatize
the Emergency Medical Service. This is a great honor, but I couldnt
do this work without the help and the support of my members, he
said.
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