MEDIA ADVISORY from AFL-CIO
August 18, 2008
Contact: Steve Smith
202-412-4440
Alison Omens
202-341-7263
Media
Advisory
AFL-CIO
Events during Democratic National Convention
Sun., Aug.
24 – Thurs., Aug. 28
**AFL-CIO Officers, key
spokespeople, union
delegates, and rank-and-file workers available
for interviews**
A
quarter of all delegates at the Democratic National Convention will be
union
members
In addition to the events listed, there will
be ongoing outreach to union delegates at state and union caucus
meetings
regarding the election, Sen. Obama, and the Employee Free Choice Act.
Sun. Aug. 24,
2:15 pm MT -- Press Briefing on AFL-CIO Grassroots
Political Program
Who: AFL-CIO Political Director Karen Ackerman and
Deputy Political
Dir. Mike Podhorzer
Where: Room 507, Colorado Convention
Center, 700 14th St., Denver
3 pm MT -- Turn Around America
Rally/Meeting of Union Delegates and Local Union Members, AFL-CIO
President
John Sweeney, Sec.-Treas. Richard Trumka, Exec. VP Arlene Holt-Baker,
other
national and local union leaders
Where: Four Seasons Ballroom, Colorado Convention
Center,
700 14th St.,
Denver
Tues. Aug 26
10 am MT -- Economic Panel Sponsored by the AFL-CIO and the
American
Prospect
All Boats Rising: Transforming the American Economy
Sen. Sherrod Brown, Rep. Donna
Edwards, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Paul Krugman, Robert Kuttner, Julianne
Malveaux,
Jorge Mursuli, John Sweeney, Richard Trumka, moderated by Ezra Klein
and Harold
Meyerson
Where: Korbel Ballroom (4E-4F), Colorado
Convention Center, Denver
7 – 8 pm MT -- AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Address to
the Convention
Wed. Aug 27
4 pm MT -- Reception: Labor and Veterans United for America
With: Mark Ayers, chair of the AFL-CIO Union Veterans
Council
Where: RocHenge Skybox Conference Suite, Coors Field, Denver
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