Convention News

 

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

 


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