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D. Taylor is a Trustee of the [[HEREIU Health and Welfare Fund]], Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Pension Fund. He is a Board Member of Nevada Partners, the Culinary Training Academy, the Nevada State [[AFL-CIO]], and Communities in Schools of Southern Nevada.<ref>[http://www.culinaryunion226.org/officers.asp Culinary Union 266: ''Officers'']</ref> | D. Taylor is a Trustee of the [[HEREIU Health and Welfare Fund]], Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Pension Fund. He is a Board Member of Nevada Partners, the Culinary Training Academy, the Nevada State [[AFL-CIO]], and Communities in Schools of Southern Nevada.<ref>[http://www.culinaryunion226.org/officers.asp Culinary Union 266: ''Officers'']</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Immigration rally arrest== | ||
| + | More than 20,000 people - including thousands of unionists -- who marched down the Washington, D.C., Mall on Oct. 8, 2013, to demand the U.S. House immediately pass comprehensive immigration reform. And 200, including 90 union leaders and union members and eight members of the House of Representatives were arrested when, in an act of civil disobedience, they blocked a street in front of the Capitol. | ||
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| + | Arrestees included [[Lisa Bergmann]], SEIU 1199 member [[Delphine Clyburn]] and activist [[Joelle Fishman]], both also from Connecticut, Communications Workers Secretary-Treasurer [[Annie Hall]] and Political Director [[Yvette Herrera]], The Newspaper Guild's president, [[Bernie Lunzer]], and [[Paul Booth]], the top assistant to [[AFSCME]]'s president. Among the nation's top labor leaders also taken into custody were AFL-CIO Executive Vice President [[Tefere Gebre]], AFT President [[Randi Weingarten]], Unite Here President [[D. Taylor]] and [[Maria Elena Durazo]], executive secretary treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. | ||
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| + | Among the lawmakers arrested were Reps.[[ Luis Gutierrez]] (D-Ill.), [[John Lewis]] (D-Ga.), [[Keith Ellison]] (D-Minn.), [[Raul Grijalva]] (D-Ariz.), [[Joseph Crowley]] (D - N.Y.), [[Al Green]] (D-Texas), [[Jan Schakowsky]] (D-Ill.) and [[Charles Rangel|Charlie Rangel]] (D-N.Y.). | ||
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| + | Unions, led by contingents from the Service Employees and their Local 32BJ, the Laborers and [[Unite Here]], contributed a large share of the demonstrators. Other unions represented included [[AFSCME]], the Communications Workers/TNG, [[Labor Council for Latin American Advancement]], AFT and the [[United Farm Workers]]. <ref>[PW,More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C. by: Mark Gruenberg October 9 2013 http://peoplesworld.org/more-than-200-arrested-at-immigration-rights-rally-in-d-c/ ]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:33, 10 October 2013
D. Taylor is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Nevada Culinary Workers Union. He also is a member of UNITE HERE’s Executive Committee, serving as Executive Vice President for Gaming throughout Northern America.
D. Taylor is a Trustee of the HEREIU Health and Welfare Fund, Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Pension Fund. He is a Board Member of Nevada Partners, the Culinary Training Academy, the Nevada State AFL-CIO, and Communities in Schools of Southern Nevada.[1]
Immigration rally arrest
More than 20,000 people - including thousands of unionists -- who marched down the Washington, D.C., Mall on Oct. 8, 2013, to demand the U.S. House immediately pass comprehensive immigration reform. And 200, including 90 union leaders and union members and eight members of the House of Representatives were arrested when, in an act of civil disobedience, they blocked a street in front of the Capitol.
Arrestees included Lisa Bergmann, SEIU 1199 member Delphine Clyburn and activist Joelle Fishman, both also from Connecticut, Communications Workers Secretary-Treasurer Annie Hall and Political Director Yvette Herrera, The Newspaper Guild's president, Bernie Lunzer, and Paul Booth, the top assistant to AFSCME's president. Among the nation's top labor leaders also taken into custody were AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, AFT President Randi Weingarten, Unite Here President D. Taylor and Maria Elena Durazo, executive secretary treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.
Among the lawmakers arrested were Reps.Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Joseph Crowley (D - N.Y.), Al Green (D-Texas), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.).
Unions, led by contingents from the Service Employees and their Local 32BJ, the Laborers and Unite Here, contributed a large share of the demonstrators. Other unions represented included AFSCME, the Communications Workers/TNG, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, AFT and the United Farm Workers. [2]
External links
References
- ↑ Culinary Union 266: Officers
- ↑ [PW,More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C. by: Mark Gruenberg October 9 2013 http://peoplesworld.org/more-than-200-arrested-at-immigration-rights-rally-in-d-c/ ]