Friday, July 22
Pre-Convention meetings and hands-on sessions begin

AFL-CIO Pre-Convention Conference
Building Power for Working Families


Saturday, July 23, 2005

7 a.m.
Registration opens.

8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Working lunch. (Lunch will be provided.)
A Voice for Every Worker: A National Summit on
Diversity in Our Union Movement
Participants will discuss diversity, inclusion and representation in the union movement and how to implement resolutions, diversity principles and other change proposals to be considered during the AFL-CIO Convention.

Sunday, July 24, 2005

7 a.m.
Registration opens.

8 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Changing to Organize, Organizing for Power
Hear from leaders and workers about campaigns that build capacity to organize and link politics to organizing, and the campaign to change America's labor laws to restore workers' freedom to form unions.

10:45-noon
Strengthening State and Local Union Movements
Panels will explore how we build capacity, strength and alliances at the state and local levels to support organizing, issue and political mobilization.

Noon
Lunch break. (Lunch will be provided.)

2-3:00 p.m.
Strengthening State and Local Union Movements (cont.)

3-5:30 p.m.
Bringing Justice to the Global Economy
Our global economy requires global unions. This session will examine workers' campaigns that cross national borders and workers' rights in the global economy.

5:30 p.m
Conference adjourns.