Give people enough time to earn a living in 32 hours and then have time to spend with their families. William Lucy, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees spoke to the issues of the global economy. We can't let them play women against men, Black and Brown against white. A central feature of the convention was the work of the newly formed Civil Rights Committee, which is rebuilding the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and Labor Council for Latin American Affairs through voter registration and organizing projects. We should be disgraced.
Children are the future.
The event is initiated by the People's Weekly World on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Communist Party, and has been endorsed by several other organizations. The convention gave a prolonged standing ovation to Ovella Watts, rank and file organizer of the HERE at the Omni Hotel, where the convention was taking place. They are now negotiating their first contract, and workers wore their union buttons for the first time while the convention was at the hotel. John Wilhelm, General President of HERE, credited Watts with teaching him much of what he knows. His first job with the union was in the same hotel, then the Park Plaza.