Ann Hoffman Appointed to Public Employee Relations Board

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)NWU-DC Treasurer Ann Hoffman (left), who was recently re-elected first vice president of the National Writers Union (NWU), has been appointed to the District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board (PERB). DC PERB is the five-member quasi-judicial independent agency that resolves labor-management disputes between agencies of the District government and labor organizations representing agency employees. It is the equivalent of the National Labor Relations Board for District of Columbia workers. Hoffman was appointed in May by DC Mayor Vincent Gray and confirmed by the DC Council. She previously served on PERB from 2004 to 2008. - David Elwell; reprinted from the June NWU newsletter. Photo: Ann Hoffman (left) and PERB Chair Wynter P. Allen; photo by Chris Garlock/Union City