Monday, July 25 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. - Dennis Gannon, Chicago Federation of Labor President
- Margaret Blackshere, Illinois AFL-CIO President
- Sen. Barack Obama
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi
- Sen. Arlen Specter (video greetings)
- Sen. Richard Durbin
- Sen. Harry Reid
- John Sweeney, AFL-CIO President (Keynote Address)
- Resolution 2: A Diverse Movement Calls for Diverse Leadership
- Julian Bond, NAACP Executive Chairman
- John Edwards
- Credentials Committee report
- Rules Commitee report
- Sen. Edward Kennedy
- Resolution 3: Good Jobs for America’s Workers
- Resolution 4: The Values That Unite Us as a People and a Movement
- Related Constitutional Amendments
Tuesday, July 26 9a.m.–5:30 p.m. - Resolution 1: A Plan to Help Workers Win:
Uniting Our Power to Build a Stronger, Growing Labor Movement - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
- Rep. Peter King (video greetings)
Wednesday, July 27 9a.m.–5:30 p.m. - Wal-Mart: Joe Hansen, UFCW President
- Sharan Burrow, International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions President - Jeannie Drake, British Trades Union Congress Sororal Delegate
- Ken Georgetti, Canadian Labour Congress President
- Larry Cohen, CWA Executive Vice President
- Resolution 6: Democratizing the Global Economy
Student Activists - Resolution 5: An Economic Agenda for
Working Families - International Resolutions
- Submitted Resolutions and Constitutional
Amendments - Nominations
- Industry Coordinating Committees Action
Thursday, July 28 9a.m.–2:00 p.m. - Election
- National Labor College
- George Kourpias, Alliance for Retired Americans President
- Additional Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments
Schedule and speakers are subject to change.
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