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'''Paul R Booth''' is a Executive Assistant to the President of [[AFSCME]], [[Gerald McEntee]]. | '''Paul R Booth''' is a Executive Assistant to the President of [[AFSCME]], [[Gerald McEntee]]. | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 22 January 2010
Paul R Booth is a Executive Assistant to the President of AFSCME, Gerald McEntee.
SDS leader
Paul Booth was a leader in the 1960s at the beginning of the student movement as National Secretary ofStudents for a Democratic Society, the largest organization of the emerging youth movement. In 1965 he directed the first march on Washington, D.C against the War in Vietnam and issued the statement to "build not burn" and organized the first sit-in at the Chase Manhattan Bank exposing it as a "partner in Apartheid”[1].
Labor movement
Booth joined the labor movement in 1966 as Research Director for the United Packinghouse Workers of America and then joined the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in 1974, working to build Illinois AFSCME (Council 31) and then moving to the International as Organizing Director for 10 years and now as Executive Assistant to President Gerald McEntee[2].
New Mayor and New Politics
On May 17 1983 Paul Booth was a Panelist on A New Mayor and New Politics forum at Chicago State University Auditorium.
- The election of Harold Washington as Mayor of Chicago was more than one man's victory. It was a progressive people's declaration. The Black community and progressive Latinos and whites formed an unbetable force in a campaign for justice and equality.
Panelist were Paul Booth, Juanita Bratcher, David Cantor, Slim Coleman, Danny Davis, Keith Davis, Ron Davis, Ishmael Flory, Rev Harry Gibson, Nancy Jefferson, Richard Newhouse, Lu Palmer, Art Vasquez, Conrad Worrill sponsored by Black Press Institute and Independent Citizens Alliance[3].
Comprand
In 1987 Paul Booth was on the Board of Directors of Chicago based Comprand (Comprehensive Research and Development)[4].
DSA member
In 1990, Paul Booth was a member of Democratic Socialists of America[5].
Jobs with Justice
In 2009 Paul Booth served as a Board Member for Jobs with Justice Union[6]. AFSCME International
Midwest Academy
The 2009 Midwest Academy board of directors consisted of[7];
- Heather Booth President
- Nancy Shier Treasurer
- Cathy Hurwit (Rep. Jan Schakowsky)
- Jackie Kendall Executive Director Midwest Academy
References
- ↑ http://www.midwestacademy.com/board-directors
- ↑ http://www.midwestacademy.com/board-directors
- ↑ A Forum Pamphlet Harold Washington Papers
- ↑ Comprand Letterhead Sep 29 1987
- ↑ 8th Socialist Scholars Conference, April 6-8 1990, conference program
- ↑ http://www.jwj.org/about/board.html
- ↑ http://www.midwestacademy.com/board-directors