[Peace] Fwd: AFL-CIO Mtg Tonight
Belden Fields
a-fields at uiuc.edu
Wed Oct 15 13:36:44 CDT 2008
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> From: "Jon Nadler" <JNadler at ift-aft.org>
> Date: October 10, 2008 1:18:34 PM CDT
> Subject: AFL-CIO Mtg Wed Night
>
> Don’t forget!!
> Richard Trumka will visit AFL-CIO of Champaign County

> Well known for his inspiring and fiery speeches, Richard L. Trumka,
> Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC will visit the
> CLC meeting of the Champaign County AFL-CIO on Wednesday, October
> 15th at 7:00 pm. at the IBEW LU #601 union meeting hall. This
> meeting will be open to the public so we will suspend all regular
> business at this meeting to give Mr. Trumka our full attention.
> The E-Board will be meeting earlier at 5:30 pm. Here's a short
> biography on Mr. Trumka.
>
> Richard Trumka will come to the UIUC campus the week of October
> 13-17. He will give public talks, visit the Tuesday night Building
> and Re-Building the Labor Movement certificate class that starts
> October 14.
>
> Bio: Rich Trumka
>
> Richard L. Trumka was re-elected for a third term to the office of
> secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO in December 2001. He was first
> elected in 1995, the youngest secretary-treasurer in AFL-CIO
> history, as part of an insurgent campaign to reinvigorate the
> American labor movement. At the time of his 1995 election, Trumka
> was serving his third term as president of the United Mine Workers
> of America.
>

> As a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, Trumka is chairman of
> the Strategic Approaches Committee, charged with assisting
> affiliated unions that seek assistance in achieving their strategic
> goals through collective bargaining. He also chairs the AFL-CIO
> Finance Committee and the AFL-CIO Capital Stewardship Committee,
> which works to ensure workers' deferred wages are wisely invested
> to provide the best long-term benefits to America's working families.
>
>
> AFL-CIO of Champaign County
> 404 W. Church Street
> Champaign, IL 61820
>
> Website: http://il.aflcio.org/champaigncounty/
> Email: ccaflcio at aol.com
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