AFSCME, Affiliates Win Media Awards

September 27, 2006

September 27, 2006

Jon Melegrito, a writer for the International’s Public Employee magazine, is this year’s recipient of the International Labor Communications Association’s Max Steinbock Award for his report in the November/December 2005 issue on AFSCME members who survived the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. The award recognizes “an outstanding journalistic effort that explores an issue of concern to working families, with particular sensitivity and insight into the human spirit.” 
 AFSCME International and its affiliates won a number of other prestigious ILCA awards: 

General Excellence:

• Magazines of more than 100,000 circulation: Public Employee, AFSCME International, second place.
• Newspapers of less than 100,000 circulation:AFSCME Minnesota Public Employee, Council 5, first place.
• Local unions of more than 20,000 circulation: Public Employee Quarterly, Ohio Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA)/AFSCME Local 11, third place.
• Regional organizations of more than 20,000 circulation: Public Employee Press, New York City DC 37, first place; Ohio Council 8 News, Council 8,third place.

Editorial or Column:

• International, national or other labor organization:Public Employee, AFSCME International (William Lucy column, “Attacking the Culture of Poverty”), third place.

Feature Story:

• International, national or other labor organization:Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Reserved for the Rich,” by Diane S. Williams), first place;  Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Privatization,” by Gregory N. Heires), honorable mention.
• Local unions: Public Employee Quarterly, OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11 (“Reform Ohio Now”), first place.

Series:

• International, national and other labor organizations:Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Vanishing Affordable Housing,” by Diane S. Williams), first place; Public Employee, AFSCME International (“One on One With…,” by Jon Melegrito and Clyde Weiss), third place; Public Employee magazine, AFSCME International (“AFSCME in Action,” by Jon Melegrito),honorable mention.

Labor History:

• Local unions: “The Work Force – Special 95th Anniversary Commemorative Edition,” The Work Force, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME Local 1000, first place.

Saul Miller Award, Best Election Story:

• International, national and other Labor Organizations:Public Employee, AFSCME International (“AFSCME Gets Out the Vote”), second place.

Photograph:

• International, national and other labor organizations: Thor Swift: Public Employee magazine, AFSCME International (“Social Security – Fix It”), first place;Jim West, Public Employee, AFSCME International (“Starting All Over”), second place; George Cohen,Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Pension Breakthrough”), third place; George Cohen, Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Million Dollar New Born Unit”), honorable mention.

Illustration:

• International, national and other labor organizations: Dale Stephanos, Public Employee, AFSCME International (“Vanishing Act”), first place; Roger Tweedt, Public Employee, AFSCME International (“Low-Low Prices, Crushing Impact”), second place;Gene Suchma, Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“What’s Wrong with this Picture?”), third place.

Cartoon:

• International, national and other labor organizations: Gene Suchma, Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Place Your Bet”), third place.
• Local unions: The Work Force, CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000 (“Just Workin’ on the Road to Disaster” by Ralph Distin), first place; Public Employee Quarterly, OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11 (“Last in Everything: From Colorado to Ohio,” by Margie Straiko), honorable mention.

Graphic:

• Magazines (International, national and other labor organizations): Roger Tweedt, Public Employee, AFSCME International (“Low-Low Prices, Crushing Impact”), first place; Matt Wuerker, Public Employee, AFSCME International (“Climbing the Wage Scale”),second place.
• Magazines (local union): Pornima Tavkar, Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Betting Problem”), third place.
  · Newspapers (local unions): Roisleen Hickey, The Work Force, CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000 (“Brilliant Past … Bright Future”), second place.

Cover or Front Page:

 
•  Magazines (local unions): Public Employee Quarterly, OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11 (“Reform Ohio Now”), first place.
• Newspapers (International, national and other labor organizations): Ohio Council 8 News, Council 8 (“The Mess in Ohio: 16 Years of Republican Rule”), second place.
• Newspapers (local unions): The Work Force, CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000 (“Eerie Times in Erie”),second place.
• Newsletters (local unions): Librarians’ Guild Communicator, AFSCME Local 2626 (California Council 36), first place.

Design:

• Magazines (International, national and other labor organizations): Public Employee, AFSCME International (“Public Sector Under Attack,” May/June 2005), first place.
• Magazines (local unions): Public Employee Quarterly, OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11 (“Reform Ohio Now,” Fall 2005), first place.
• Newspapers (International, national and other labor organizations): Ohio Council 8 News, Council 8 (“Big Budget Edition,” March/April 2005), third place;Public Employee Press, DC 37 (“Celebrating King,” February 2005), honorable mention.

Website Content:

• Other labor organizations: http://www.dc37.net/ (DC 37 Communications Department), second place.

Broadcast:

• Television, video and film ($5,000 or less per show): Donna Silberberg and Rudy Orozco, DC 37 Communications Department (“State of the Union” with Lillian Roberts: DC 37 Housing Program and Holiday Giving Program), honorable mention; Donna Silberberg and Rudy Orozco, DC 37 Communications Department, (“State of the Union” with Lillian Roberts: Labor Day Parade and Labor History), special award.
• Spots, shorts, promos ($5,000 or more): CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000 and Nowak Associates (“CSEA – Theme”), second place.
• Organizing ($10,000 or less per show): Pennsylvania Council 13 and Triscari Productions (“Welcome to AFSCME”), first place.