Record Turnout For NoVa Volunteer Dinner

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

More than 450 union members, families and friends gathered at the Sheraton Tyson Premiere Friday evening to celebrate the Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation's Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner. Keynote speaker OPEIU President Michael Goodwin fired up the crowd in support of the Employee Free Choice Act and the need for health care for all. Both Northern Virginia co-sponsors of the Employee Free Choice Act - Congressmen Jim Moran and Gerry Connolly – attended, and the record crowd heard from all three Democratic candidates for governor as well as all three Democrats seeking the office of lieutenant governor. The primary is June 9. The dinner also featured music from members of AFM Local 161-710, a first, and NoVA Labor President Daniel Duncan thanked all – including dinner co-chairs Lynn Clark and Shannon Sullivan - who made the evening a success.
– photo by Joyce Putnam