Hundreds of delegates representing unions across the state gathered July 17-19 in Wenatchee for the 2018 Constitutional Convention of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Under the theme “Union Strong,” the convention featured distinguished guest speakers and educational workshops focused on staying strong amid legal and legislative efforts to take away workers’ freedom to join together in unions.
See the 2018 WSLC Resolutions approved by convention delegates.
Check out The Stand’s summary of the July 17 and July 18 plenary sessions. Also, click on the following links to see TVW clips of some of the key speakers and presentations of those days’ plenary sessions.
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler’s keynote address:
2018 Power to the People Awards: MLK Labor and Jeff Johnson
Elise Bryant, President of the Coalition of Labor Union Women
2018 Legislative Leader Awards: Sen. Karen Keiser and Rep. Mike Sells
Author/commentator Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Labor photojournalist David Bacon
State Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018
WSLC Secretary Treasurer Lynne Dodson
Mark Dudzig of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer:
2018 Mother Jones Awards (organization): UAW 4141 and WFSE 3488
2018 Mother Jones Award (individual): Rick Johnson of IBEW 77
Clean Energy Panel: Stephanie Celt of the Washington Blue Green Alliance, Kyong Berry of UFCW 21, Kim Powe of Front and Centered, and former refinery worker and USW leader Steve Garey
#MeToo Panel: Terri Myette of IAM 751-F, Maddy Shumate of Teamsters 117, Monica Bryant of UFCW 21, Katie Garrow of MLK Labor, and Nicole Reedy of IBEW 77, and Rosalinda Guillen of Community to Community
2018 Elsie Schrader Award: Kamaria Hightower
ALSO
At Wednesday night’s 2018 WSLC Convention Banquet, the following awards were presented. (The banquet was not filmed by TVW.)
2018 Bruce Brennan Award:
Elmer Arter, Apprenticeship Coordinator/Field Supervisor, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
2018 President’s Awards:
Rev. Gregory Christopher of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Tacoma
Rev. Paul Benz of the Faith Action Network
Janet Hays of the WSLC
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