Labor and Business Recognition Martin R. Vitale, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Twin County Grocers, Incorporated and Harvey Whille, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1262 will be honored for their roles in business and labor. Both will be 1997 honorees at Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick's Fourth Annual Labor and Business Recognition Dinner. The dinner will be held at the Marriott at Glenpointe in Teaneck, New Jersey on January 23, 1997 at 6:00 p.m. One Thousand members of labor and business will be on hand for the recognition ceremonies. Archbishop began the annual event to improve dialogue between the labor movement and the business community. The Archbishop has promoted better relations between labor and business for the past two decades. "We can only solve the problems that confront our society if all sectors plan new and bold initiatives to address them," he said. The Newark Archbishop brought together labor, business and the Church in order to do just that. Mr. Vitale and Mr. Whille have been chosen as this years honorees because of their outstanding accomplishments in their respective fields and because they represent the commitment of labor and business to the youth of New Jersey. The proceeds from the dinner will go to benefit CYO/Youth Ministries in the Archdiocese of Newark. For 56 years the Catholic Youth Organization and it's Youth and Young Adult Ministries have been providing positive role models, enhancing family values and inspiring self reliance and self esteem among youngsters. In 1996, CYO/youth Ministries made programs available to 45,000 young men and women. The diverse activities included organized sports, summer camps, scouting, concerts, programs for the handicapped and leadership training. Chairman for the Recognition Dinner is Frank M. Wade, Executive Director and Legislative Representative of the New Jersey State Building and Construction Trades Council, representing 125,000 members. A native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Wade now resides in Colonia. He was named a Knight of St. Gregory in December 1996 by Pope John Paul II.
|
