James Auerbach (76) passed away peacefully at home in Silver Spring on October 7, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Auerbach was a past consultant for the Metro Washington Council’s Community Services Agency. He served as the Assistant Director of Education for the AFL-CIO, and went on to be Senior Vice President of the National Policy Association, bringing together business, labor and education leaders to work cooperatively on social and economic policy issues. He taught labor history as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Virginia and was an instructor in labor relations at the US Department of State Foreign Service Institute.