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For more information call: 202/371-6422.
Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich is scheduled to give the
keynote address at the eighth annual awards ceremony of the Labor Hall of Fame.
Reich will honor the late Arthur J. Goldberg, who served as secretary of labor
before being named to the Supreme Court by President John F. Kennedy.
Goldberg, previously a labor lawyer and one of the main
architects of the AFL-CIO merger in 1955, will become the 19th person placed in
the Labor Hall of Fame for careers benefitting working Americans.
The ceremony will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the
auditorium of the Frances Perkins Building, the U.S. Department of Labor's
headquarters, at 200 Constitution Ave., NW.
The auditorium is adjacent to the Labor Hall of Fame,
where an exhibit including Goldberg's Supreme Court robe and other items will
be unveiled.
A video presentation, which will be available in the
exhibit area, will be shown during the ceremony.
In addition to Reich, other speakers scheduled include W.
Willard Wirtz, who succeeded Goldberg as labor secretary, and Goldberg's son,
Robert, a Washington attorney.
W.J. Usery Jr., another former secretary of labor who is
chairman of the Labor Hall of Fame, will officiate.
Goldberg was selected for the Labor Hall of Fame for his
achievements in improving labor-management relations and in providing job
training and placement for unemployed workers under the Kennedy
Administration's Manpower Development and Training Act and Area Redevelopment
Act.
He was instrumental in persuading President Kennedy to
establish the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy,
including members from labor, management and the public and designed to help
unions and business understand each others' problems.
On the Supreme Court, Goldberg continued his support of
working men and women. After he left the court, he served as U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations, where his activities touched the lives of working people
worldwide.
The Labor Hall of Fame posthumously honors outstanding
Americans whose lives have improved conditions for working people.
Representatives not only of labor and government, but of management and the
academic world are among those who have been honored.
An impartial panel which includes representatives of
labor, management, government and the academic world selects those to be
honored.
The Labor Hall of Fame was initiated by Friends of the
Department of Labor, a non-profit group including past and present Labor
Department employees and others interested in the department's activities. The
exhibits are supported by the Labor Department.
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