DC May Day Event Examines Building Global Labor

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Local labor activists will celebrate International Workers Day with a symposium on building a global labor movement from 5-8P tonight at the National Labor College. Speakers will include AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka, Steelworkers VP Fred Redmond and Harold Alegria Gamboa of the Colombian Dock Workers Union. Barbara Shailor, Director of the AFL-CIO International Department, will moderate the symposium. The event is being organized by the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO in conjunction with the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, TransAfrica forum and the National Labor College.