36th Annual Salute to Black Labor

Northern California Coaliton of Black Trade Unionists' annual Salute to Black Labor dinner honors distinctive service in the traditon of Chapter Founder, Geraldine M. Johnson

Geraldine M. Johnson was instrumental in the establishment and empowerment of several organizations, from the Northern California Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (1976) to the San Francisco Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Committee (1983). She worked diligently in the Bay Area for the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa and helped sponsor high school educational exchanges with Seoul, Korea.

36th Annual Dinner

This year's Awards Dinner was held on Friday, February 8th, 2013 at the Sand Francisco Union Square Hilton Hotel. Awardees, pictured above, were Willie Adams, recipient of the C. L. Dellums Award, Leona Bridges, who received the Charles Hayes Award, Rosa Marshall, who received the Miranda Smith Award, and Pastor Calvin Jones, Jr., who receive the Community Serivce Award

Above, NCCBTU President Carl Jones with C. L. Dellums Award recipient Willie Adams, and NCCBTU Executive Director, Antonio Christian.

Rosa Marshall (center) accepts the Miranda Smith Award.

Above, Carl Jones presents the Community Service Award to Pastor Calvin Jones.