By The PA. AFL-CIO
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 42nd Constitutional Convention will be held in Philadelphia beginning Tuesday, April 5th through Thursday, April 7th, 2016 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel at 17th and Race Streets.
National, state, and local union officials, elected officials, and political candidates will be speaking during the Convention General Sessions which will be held in the Liberty Ballrooms of the Hotel. The list of speakers will be forwarded as they become finalized.
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Richard Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder will lead the proceedings and activities. The theme of the Convention is: “Solidarity Is Power” underscoring the importance of unity among all unions and all workers in protecting the progress already achieved and in expanding the middle class for today and tomorrow’s working families.
Delegates representing local unions and other labor organizations affiliated with the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO will be attending this Convention which represents over 800,000 union workers and families in Pennsylvania, making it the largest labor organization in the State. Delegates will set the plans for electing pro-worker candidates in the 2016 elections, as well as setting policies to protect and create good jobs, raise wages, decent pensions and health care, fair trade policies and expanding opportunities for all workers to form unions for a better life.
Convention General Session Schedule, (subject to change):
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 – (9:30 AM to 12:00 Noon)
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 – (9:00 AM to 1:30 PM)
Thursday, April 7, 2016 – (9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon)
Other Pennsylvania AFL-CIO events to be held in conjunction with the Convention:
Wednesday evening, April 6, 2016 – Pennsylvania AFL-CIO/COPE Honorees Dinner.
Honorees:
Harry Lombardo, President, Transport Workers Union of America
Michael Barnes, President, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 8
Patrick Eiding, President, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Ryan Boyer, Business Manager, Labors’ DC of the Metro Area of Philadelphia and
Vicinity
