Labor & Employment Law

NAACP Image Awards to Showcase Support for Workers Under Attack

By James Parks

Halle Berry will be one of the stars participating in the NAACP Image Awards.

Attendees and participants at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards this weekend will showcase their support of American workers and families. NAACP officials will wear red, white and blue ribbons to show that they stand in solidarity with workers struggling to maintain collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and dozens of other states. 

NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock said:

“As we celebrate the contributions of people of color in film, literature, music and television, we will be wearing ribbons to show our support for the workers and families protesting in statehouses across the nation. The NAACP remains committed to helping public employees keep their collective bargaining rights, fair pay and appropriate benefits.” 

The Image Awards will be broadcast Friday, March 4, live on Fox TV at 8 p.m. EST. Actress Holly Robinson Peete and comedian Wayne Brady will host.  

NAACP leaders march during protests in Madison, Wis.

Clayola Brown, chairman of the Image Awards and president of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute (APRI), says:

The NAACP has always supported the efforts of working people to come together to bargain for a better life. The only way we can solve our nation’s economic problems is with everyone at the table.  

Last week, the NAACP Board of Directors passed a resolution in support of union workers and collective bargaining. NAACP leaders have participated in protests across the country in support of public employees? right to bargain.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).