Inside LabourStart

Here we are at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC.  About 30 of us are in the Samuel Gompers Room; we are introducing ourselves to one another.  Canadian Sr Correspondent Derek Blackadder is chairing this session.  We are expecting soon that President John Sweeney will arrive to address the conference.  In the meantime, it’s donuts, coffee and the like.  And we can buy union toys in the Union Shop near the building’s entrance.  There will be a reception starting at 5 pm at Teamsters headquarters.