Labor & Employment Law

Watch Young Workers Summit Live June 11

By Mike Hall

The first-ever national AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit kicks off next week (June 10?13) in Washington, D.C. At ?Next Up,? the young men and women who will lead the nation?s union movement into the future will meet with AFL-CIO leaders to share their ideas, skills and concerns about young people?s role in the union movement and especially their vision of the movement?s future.

Hundreds of young union activists and allies will take part in forums, panel discussions and breakout sessions about organizing, political and community activism and communications, and mapping out a blueprint for the union movement?s future.

We?ll live webcast and tweet many of the key discussions, forums and speakers. Plus you?ll have a chance to join the discussion with our live interactive tool during the Friday morning opening sessions, where young workers will engage in a question and answer with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler. The webcast and the interactive discussion are at: www.aflcio.org/aboutus/youthsummit/webcast.cfm.

While much of the summit will center on the hard work of engaging in building our movement, there will be plenty of laughs, with Lee Camp, a contributor to The Onion who describes himself as ?Satarista,? and comedian Jeremy Redleaf, a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). Several members of the NFL Players Association are on the schedule, and there will be plenty of time for networking and having fun.

Next Up wraps up Sunday morning as the young workers and union leaders discuss and adopt the essential elements the summit developed for ?A Blueprint for Our Future.?

For more information, click here. Don?t forget to go to the Next Up Facebook page and connect with other young union members and activists and join the conversation.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).