Post by Logan on Apr 5, 2016 6:32:16 GMT -6
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will woo Pennsylvania's labor leaders this week at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO's convention in Philadelphia.
More than 700 labor leaders and delegates will gather in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in a conference focused on politics - and other worker issues, including raising the minimum wage.
Clinton is expected to speak Wednesday morning at 11:15, and Sanders will address the group on Thursday at 10 a.m.
"Other than New York, we're the next battleground," Richard "Rick" Bloomingdale, president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, said last week.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160405_Hillary_and_Bernie_to_address_AFL-CIO_this_week_in_Phila_.html
More than 700 labor leaders and delegates will gather in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in a conference focused on politics - and other worker issues, including raising the minimum wage.
Clinton is expected to speak Wednesday morning at 11:15, and Sanders will address the group on Thursday at 10 a.m.
"Other than New York, we're the next battleground," Richard "Rick" Bloomingdale, president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, said last week.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160405_Hillary_and_Bernie_to_address_AFL-CIO_this_week_in_Phila_.html