| Sen. Barack Obama with Local 1776 member Jim Schlener and his wife, Nicole Schlener. |  |
 | Marking their retirement as officers of Local 1776's Retiress Club are Al Francis and Clara Marrison. |
| Mongtomery County Commissioner candidate Joe Hoeffel speaking with Local 1776 President Emeritus Wendell W. Young, III at labor-supported fundraiser in Local 1776's Walton Road Union Hall. |  |
 | Executive Board member Linda Merkey (left) of ShopRite and Board member-elect Helen Theys of Rite Aid at Smithfield shareholders meeting protest in Williamsburg, VA. |
| 1776 Lends a hand at Variety Club's Old Newsboys Day: Acme's Katrina Clifton (center) joins 1776 Union Representative Wayne Baker right) in selling newspaper to radio personality E. Steven Collins |  |
 | Acme member Melinda Robertson sells a newspaper to a center City passerby as Local 1776 lends a hands for the Variety Club's Old Newsboys Day to benefit handcapped children. |
| Under the 1776 banner at ALS (Lou Gerhig's disease) night at the Phillies: all-star second baseman Chase Utley and fans. |  |
 | Pete Sauers, Woodhaven Acme, holds check won from Acme’s improper Sunday rotation of 1776 members. With Sauers is Walt O’Connor (l.), Shop Steward at the Woodhaven Acme, and Union Rep. Carl Mosca. |
| Trust us: among picketers with workers at Tama Garment are 1776 Secretary-Treasurer Michele Kessler, Recorder Barbara Johnson, Union Rep. Jim Hunt & interns Cathy Scavnicky, Jon Hunt & Tony Zollo. |  |
 | Two of Local 1776's Summer interns -- Ashley Sindaco and Tony Zollo -- at picketing to support the locked-out workers at Tama Garment in Allentown. |
| Local 1776 congratulates Acme member Julia Spino on her retirement at the age of 87. Julia began work at the Roxborough Acme in 1994 when she was 74 years old, and retired after 13 years of service. |  |
 | Wal-Mart's High Cost: 1776's John Meyerson (left) and Don McGrogan on tax day at the Phila. U.S. Post Office to highlight how much Wal-Mart's tax schemes and lack of health benefits cost taxpayers. |
| Local 1776 participated in the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators Teamsters Local 520 rally with other Change to Win coalition members urging adequate funding to ensure safe schools. |  |
 | Local 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV introduces St. Rep. Dwight Evans at Philadelphia mayoral endorsement news conference in front of the Island Ave. Shop Rite. |
| 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV and Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa during break at the UFCW International's meeting. |  |
 | 1776 Secretary-Treasurer Michele Kessler and U.S. Sen. Hilary Clinton at the UFCW International's meeting. |
| 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV and U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak in the closing days of Sestak's successful campaign at a fundraiser for Sestack on 1776's Walton Road grounds. |  |
 | 1776 President Wendell W. Young, U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, Political Director John Meyerson and Secretary-Treasuer Michele Kessler during swearing-in ceremonies for the 110th Congress in Washingtion, DC. |
| New Local 1776 staff members: Union Representatives Marcy Fonseca (left) and Leslie Guzman. |  |
 | New 1776 staff members: Union Representatives Kevin Drew (left) and Anthony Concha. |
| 1776 member Kevin Jenkins (Acme Woodhaven) helps pack donated goods for U.S. troops in Iraq. |  |
 | 1776's Herman Wooden (left) and NAACP's J. Wyatt Mondesire (center) and Rev. Carl Fitchett at news conference announcing the NAACP's concerns about Wal-Mart. |
| From left, 1776's John Meyerson and NAACP Vice President Rev. Carl Fitchett, President J. Wyatt Mondesire and Ducky Birts in front of NE Phila. Wal-Mart to focus on the plight of Wal-Mart workers. |  |
 | Local 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV, and U.S. Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA) at swearing in festivities for the 110th Congress in Washington, DC. |
| Local 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV and retiring Exec. Board member Bill Brodbeck (PLCB) |  |
 | 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV and retiring Exec. Board member Bill Owens (PLCB). |
| 1776 members J.J. Johnson (left) and Kevin King at meeting for PLCB contract ratification. |  |
 | A sign that speaks for itself -- at rally for an increase in the national minimum wage. |
| 1776 President Wendell W. Young, IV, introduces Bob Casey, Jr. during his winning Senate race. |  |
 | 1776 Member Jim Schlener (PLCB) votes at contract ratification meeting in Pittston. |
| 1776 member and steward Leola Green (Acme Roxborough) signs in for Election Day 2006 assignment. |  |
 | Bob Casey, Jr. meets with the Local's Northeast Division team days before his U.S. Senate win. |
| Dale Cummings (r) and Robert Hartmire (c) of Knouse Foods confer with President Wendell W. Young, IV |  |
 | Local 1776 member Camille Lavella (Bensalem Acme) helps pack donated goods for troops in Iraq. |
| 1776 Lends a Hand: Executive Board Member Larry Vitale and Union Representative Mary Dunne unloading Hurricane Katrina relief supplies in Mississippi. |  |
 | Staff Representative Carl Mosca unloads supplies to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. |
| Local 1776 and Local 1657 (Mobile, AL) members interviewed about our aid to victims of Hurricanes. |  |
| Montgomery County Commissioner canddiate Joe Hoeffel, former U.S. Congressman, speaking with Local 1776 President Emeritus Wendell W. Young, III, at labor fundraiser in 1776's Walton Road Union Hall. |
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