Convention
Update
8/16/08 - Saturday
- The invocation was delivered by June Harris Local 306.
- The Delegates heard from Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) via video presentation.
- The Delegates saw a video presentation from the National Labor College.
- Site selection for the 2012 National Convention began with the following sites proposed: Anchorage Alaska, Dallas, Texas, Detroit, Michigan, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Monterey, California, New York, New York, Portland, Oregon, & Las Vegas, Nevada. The Delegates voted out all the sites except Hawaii and Portland, Oregon. The final vote went to Portland, Oregon. This will be the centennial Convention of this Union.
- The Convention was presented with the Resolutions Committee's recommended resolutions for the Delegates to vote upon. This was followed by the non-recommended resolutions with the proposal regarding the attacks on the BMC's being presented, amended by friendly amendment and passed by the Delegates.
- This concluded the Convention and President John Hegarty declared the Convention officially closed & dismissed the Delegates.
Ace Balderrama
State Executive Board Member
Mail Handlers, Local 320