When the 28th General Convention concluded last year, it marked a new beginning for our One Union. You'll be hearing a lot over the course of this year about the significant changes approved by our representatives at that convention.
Delegates set a steady course for the future, and the future is now.
We got a new name, with Union replacing Brotherhood, to signify the reality that we are Brothers and Sisters, working together. And delegates resolved to reach out to all the new immigrants, especially the growing Hispanic-American working population, to close the circle on what began more than 100 years ago as a union of immigrants. Wherever working men and women are inspired to take up the tools of our trade or the work of our many occupations, we are ready to embrace them and welcome them into our union. Diversity will make us a stronger and more vibrant union, and a better-earning union for our members. We are well on our way to the growth and organizational activism we will need in the 21st century.