[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF MELVIN S. SCHWARZWALD AND PHILIP M. 
                             ZANNELLA, JR.

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 13, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
Melvin S. Schwarzwald and Philip M. Zannella, Jr., as they are being 
honored by the State of Israel Bonds, Cleveland Chapter, Cleveland, 
Ohio.
  Melvin S. Schwarzwald is a managing partner with the law firm 
Schwarzwald, McNair & Fusco LLP. The firm represents the interests of 
labor unions, especially in the areas of labor-sponsored pension, 
health and welfare plans. Mr. Schwarzwald, a graduate of Harvard Law 
School, launched his legal career working for the late U.S. Senator 
Howard M. Metzenbaum. Mr. Schwarzwald has worked on behalf of numerous 
labor organizations, steel workers, machinists, food workers, 
musicians, printing trades and many others. In addition to serving on 
the Cleveland Israel Bonds Cabinet, he continues to volunteer his 
expertise and time by serving on many boards that protect the rights of 
workers, including the National Labor Advisory Committee and the Board 
of Directors of the AFL-CIO.
  Mr. Philip M. Zannella, Jr., is the Directing Business Representative 
for the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, 
Local #1363. Mr. Zannella learned first hand the critical role of labor 
representation when he joined the International Association of 
Machinists and Aerospace Workers in 1971, where he first worked as a 
garage-man, apprentice and journeyman mechanic for Transamerica Freight 
Lines. In 1975, while working as a journeyman mechanic at Marshall 
Ford, he was appointed Business Representative for Local #1363. For 
nearly thirty years, Mr. Zannella perfected his trade as an aerospace 
machinist, learning new elements of the trade as technology evolved. 
Promoted to Directing Business Representative in 2004, Mr. Zannella 
incorporates his labor expertise and passion on behalf of workers' 
rights to successfully negotiate labor contracts, arbitrations and 
grievances. An active community volunteer, he is a member and leader on 
several labor boards. He also volunteers on behalf of conservation and 
farm organizations, including the Northern Ohio Chapter of Guide Dogs 
of America.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honor and recognition 
of Melvin S. Schwarzwald and Philip M. Zannella, Jr., for their 
unwavering commitment and work on behalf of protecting the rights, 
safety and benefits of the laboring men and women throughout our 
community and our nation. Their accomplishments and leadership, honored 
by the State of Israel Bonds, has strengthened the rights of workers 
and continues to strengthen the bonds of friendship between American 
labor and the State of Israel.

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