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SEIU Local 535 Jewish Caucus T-Shirt Design Competition

SEIU Local 535 Jewish Caucus Committee is seeking talented artists to submit their design for the 1st T-Shirt to be worn by Jewish Community Center Members.

Your designs should be based on a purple T-Shirt and must include the SEIU Logo. Submissions must include your Name, Chapter and contact Telephone Number.

All entrants must submit their design by May 15, 2006 via e-mail to ssanchez@seiu535.org or mail To SEIU Local 535,111 W. St. John St., Suite 517, San Jose, CA 95113, ATTN: Sylvia Anna Sanchez.

SEIU Local 535 Jewish Caucus Committee will select the winning design on June 3, 2006 and award $100.00 to the Chapter.

History

Local 535’s Jewish Caucus was established in 1993 at a time when committees and caucuses of 535’s statewide executive board were expanding and representing specialized interests of members. Impetus for the formation of the Jewish Caucus was members’ awareness of the active leadership of Jews in the labor movement, including David Dubinsky of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, the Jewish Labor Committee (most active in New York and Los Angeles), and a wish to join with the Jewish Labor Committee in furthering labor causes and seeking the active, continuing involvement of Jewish communities in this effort. Additional stimuli for the caucus were the desire to see objective reporting of the Middle East conflict, oppose discrimination in all its forms, and make a contribution to the overall goals of Local 535 and to the labor movement within a specific context.

The Jewish Caucus continues the long tradition of Jewish involvement with the labor movement in the U.S. The caucus is affiliated with the Jewish Labor Committee, established in 1934.

Goals
The goals of the caucus include:
combating anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination in the labor movement
assisting in organizing and negotiating where Jewish labor and community can play a role
joining with other Jewish organizations, such as American Jewish Congress, B'nai B'rith, etc, to support labor causes
using educational settings, such as schools and conferences, to continue the Jewish tradition and support for labor work cooperatively with other communities and caucuses of Local 535.

Contacts
Irv Kestin, Chair
Deborah Glasser - Dglasser@seiu535.org
Stewart Kocivar - Skocivar@seiu535.org
Edgar Azevedo - Eazevedo@seiu535.org

Links
The Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Presents: Labor & The Holocaust: This is a project of the New York Universities Libraries