Dwight Bowman Memorial Tomorrow
Friday, February 1, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The
memorial service for AFGE 14th District National Vice President Dwight
Bowman will be held Saturday, February 2 at 10a at the Maple
Springs Baptist Church in Capitol Heights, MD;
click here for complete details. Bowman, who died unexpectedly on January
16, had been an AFGE activist for close to four decades, beginning his career
as president of AFGE Local 2463 at the Smithsonian. At the time, Smithsonian
employees were not protected by federal EEO or Labor Relations laws and
regulations. Bowman was successful in establishing unity within Local 2463,
persuading another local to merge with his, and in 1979, they successfully
negotiated a master contract agreement which covered those areas. Bowman held
many other positions within AFGE and throughout the labor movement, including
president of AFGE’s National Capital Area Council 1, Labor Representative on
the District of Columbia’s Nuclear Freeze Board, member of the Executive
Committee of the Minority Coalition, and National President of the Society of
Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals. Bowman most recently sat on
the Board of the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO, the
Metropolitan Washington Council, and the Labor/Management Partnership Council
for the District of Columbia. "Dwight was a true 'brother in arms' for so
many of us for so long,” said Council President Jos
Williams. photo:
Bowman at
2009 Fenty demo at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel; photo by Adam Wright/Union
City