Ms. Zola Brown This is Me

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1. 1. Press Center | 1199SEIU

   www.1199seiuonline.org/media/p - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/18/2006   Last Visited: 12/19/2006

   (Rochester, NY) - Long time community activist Zola Brown received the "Working Families Advocate of the Year" award from the Rochester and Vicinity Labor Council, AFL-CIO Thursday evening. Ms. Brown is a member of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and manages its National Benefit Fund operation in Rochester.
   
   Zola Brown is also the First Vice-president of the Rochester Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and chairs CBTU's Northeast U.S. Region Women's Committee.
   
   Ms. Brown joined Local 1199 while working as a patient unit secretary at Strong Memorial Hospital. She was elected to the union's executive board and later served as vice-president of the Rochester local.
   
   She is also a past council member of Metro-Justice of Rochester, Inc. and served on the board of the Rochester Council on Occupational Safety and Health. She continues to represent 1199SEIU as a delegate to the Rochester and Vicinity Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
   
   In addition to her duties helping workers secure health benefits for their families, Zola Brown has coordinated a wide variety of projects in the community, including the UR Medical Center's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, participation in the Clarissa Street Reunion and Puerto Rican Festival, voter registration, and support for organizing by

2. 2. SEIU Local 1199UP

   www.seiu1199upstate.org/ourloc - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/18/2005   Last Visited: 4/21/2005

   Zola Brown Recording Secretary
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   Zola Brown Benefits Representative (former member at Strong Memorial Hospital) Resides: Rochester

3. 3. WROC TV NEWS 8 NOW ROCHESTER NEW YORK - Local Story

   www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp? - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/23/2002   Last Visited: 4/24/2002

   "It's a serious problem," says Zola Brown, a representative with SEIU 1199, the employees union. "With the teen center gone, who knows what's next?"
   
   Employees just got more bad news. They were told in a staff meeting Tuesday that the center's mental health clinic on Hart Street will be closing.
   
   Employees say the huge show of support from their patients serves as morale boost at a much-needed time.