United States Senate TELECOPIER TRANSMITTAL Date: 4/7/93 To: Mike Burns From: Alexander Vachon Office of Senator Bob Dole 141 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 NUMBER OF PAGES TO FOLLOW: 2 SUBJ: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS (End of Letterhead) 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room s-1325 Washington, DC 20210 Confirmation: 202/219-6141 April 7, 1993/7:47am TO: ALEXANDRE VASHON DEPARTMENT/COMPANY: SENATOR DOLE'S OFFICE FACSIMILE NUMBER: 224-6721 FROM: LIDIA SOTO HARMON NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER: 3 FACSIMILE REPLIES: Congressional Affairs 202/219-5120, Intergovernmental Affairs 202/219-5736, Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary 202/219-5288 MESSAGE: OCIA NEWS United States Departmentof Labor Office of Information Washington, D.C. 20210 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CONTACT: Mary Meagher (202) 219-7316, Bob Zachariasiewicz (202) 219-7316 -- work, (301) 774-2432 -- home USDL: 93-114 For Release: Immediate Thurs. April 1, 1993 (End of Letterhead) JOYCE MILLER NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GLASS CEILING COMMISSION Labor Secretary Robert S. Reich today appointed Joyce D. Miller as executive director of the Glass Ceiling Commission. Millar serves in New York city as vice president and director of social services for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO, and is national president of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. "I am absolutely delighted that Joyce Miller has aqreed to run the Glass Ceiling Commission," said Reich. "Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a fundamental commitment to the best interests of working women and minorities. It would be very hard to find anyone with her level of energy, interest and experience in the issues most important to the women and minorities of America." The Glass Ceiling Commission was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to study and focus attention on the invisible barriers preventing women and minorities from advancing to the top ranks of major employers. "I am committed to expanding the role the commission will play under Joyce Miller's direction," Reich said. "Its work will be a central part of the department's overall agenda." Miller is vice president of and was the first woman elected to the AFL-CIO executive council. She also chairs the AFL-CIO committee on social security. Miller sits on several advisory boards, including the New York governor's task forces on family and work and sexual harassment. She is director of the Amalgamated Bank of New York and executive director of the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Miller is a trustee for the George Meany Center of Labor Studies and for several union benefit funds. In 1979, Miller received the President of the United States Commendation for Service to Others. She has received more than 20 awards from organizations including the Hispanic Labor Committee, the New York City Central Labor Council, the Workers Defense League, the University of Chicago and the National Organization for Women. Miller has served on the executive board of Planned Parenthood and Girls Clubs of America, the American Federation for the Blind, New York State Manpower Services Council and the National Commission on Working Women. A native of Chicago, Miller received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago. Footnote: This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-219-6060, TDD message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577. The text of this release is available from the Department of Labor electronic bulletin board, LABOR NEWS, at 202-219-4784. Callers must pay any toll-call charges. 300, 1200, 2400, 9600 or 14,400 BAUD; Parity: None; Data Bits - 8; Stop Bit - 1. Voice phone: 202-219-7343.