JAMESTOWN – During this weekend’s Labor Day festival the Jamestown Area Labor Council AFL-CIO will honor Gary Swain with the 2015 George Ritzer Award at a ceremony to be held in Bergman Park on Sunday at 4 p.m.
Swain has been a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 17 since December 1991.
The award is named after local labor leader George Ritzer, who served as president of the Jamestown Area Labor Council for over 20 years. He organized and served as president of the Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1.
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