[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: March 24, 1994]
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TRIBUTE TO DAVID P. KRAMER CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY 1994 
                          UNIONIST OF THE YEAR

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                         HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 24, 1994

  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute Mr. David P. Kramer, 
the unanimous choice for 1994 Unionist of the Year by the Central Labor 
Council of Alameda County.
  Dave Kramer has spent his life fighting for the rights of working 
people and the disadvantaged. Dave was the forefront of the Civil 
Rights Movement during the 1960's. As a member of the Congress for 
Racial Equality, he organized in Detroit, MI and Louisiana. He 
demonstrated selfless devotion for Detroit's West Central Organizing 
Committee in helping poor and unemployed families organize and fight 
for their rights. As a field representative for Service Employees 
International Union (SEIU) Local 535, Dave Kramer was one of the 
leaders in the historic 49-day, county workers strike of 1976, the 
longest county-wide public employee strike in California history.
  Dave Kramer has skillfully represented the interests of county 
employees for many years both as a field representative and an 
organizer; as Secretary Treasurer of SEIU Local 616; and, in the 
present position as Northern California Regional Director of SEIU Local 
535.
  Dave Kramer has served for many years on the Executive Committee of 
the Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO, and has always 
been a willing volunteer on council picket lines in support of other 
union members. He serves on Councils Committee on Political Education 
(COPE), and works hard on behalf of the annual Labor Day Picnic.
  Dave Kramer's effort for the betterment of workers have never been 
restricted to his own members; indeed, he has always struggled on 
behalf of all working people.
  Since 1991 Dave has served as a member of the Oakland Port Commission 
which governs Oakland's most important resource. Dave has been a strong 
voice on behalf of organized labor on this vital body, while helping to 
insure continued progress in making the Port of Oakland a dynamic force 
in the Bay Area economy.
  I would like to personally thank David P. Kramer for his past and 
continuing contributions on behalf of working people and the 
disadvantaged. He has demonstrated that one individual can make a 
difference in making the world a better place to live.

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