From The PA. AFL-CIO

– This week, the NAACP has been hosting their 106th National Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, and the history of cooperation between the NAACP and the Labor Movement goes back many decades, and was strengthened during the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s.

As part of today’s program, the NAACP held their 47th annual Labor Luncheon, with AFSCME President Lee Saunders as the keynote speaker. Among the speakers are today’s event were Philadelphia AFL-CIO President Pat Eiding, and Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder.

Frank Snyder spoke to the strong coalition work that has characterized the relationship between the State Federation and the NAACP in Pennsylvania. “Effective coalition work is best sustained when the effort becomes institutionalized – where all parties consider the coalition a necessary matter of business. The State Fed welcomes that kind of coalition building,” Snyder said.

Source – http://www.paaflcio.org/?p=6179