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« Award-winning filmmakers take on Iraq, Afghanistan wars | Home | Blackburn: Liberals in Congress “will not deliver” on promises and goals » MCDP hosts “Labor” Day celebration
By Christine Anne Piesyk | September 2, 2007 |
The event, which is held one week after the traditional Labor Day holiday, is designed to honor the American worker and the Labor Unions who work in their best interests. With the 2008 Presidential elections looming, the increasing devisiveness of the Iraq War and increasing concerns over wages, health care, pensions and retirements, and myriad pressing domestic issues, the unions and their workers have a lot to talk about. During the program, 105-year-old Pearl Trotter, Montgomery County’s oldest voting Democrat, will be honored. Kim McMillan, Senior Advisor to the Governor, will emcee the event and represent the governor’s office at this event. R. Thomas Buffenbarger, President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, is the keynote speaker. Buffenbarger is the 119-year-old union’s 13th President and oversees its operation on behalf of 700,000 current and retired union members from the USA and neighboring Canada. Other labor organization guests include Tennessee AFL-CIO President Jerry Lee and AFL-CIO national Director of Organization, Steward Acuff.
More than 2,000 tickets have already be sold. Tickets are priced at $20 each and include the speakers program, chicken barbecue, a dart tournament, and activities for children. Tickets will be available at the gate on the day of the event. About Christine Anne Piesyk
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