At 10 a.m., the AFL-CIO will explore why IP/copyright matters. Speakers include Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.); Chris Dodd, president of the Motion Pictures Association of America; and Liz Shuler, the AFL-CIOs secretary treasurer.
Date: Feb 02, 2015
Category: World
Source: Google
AFL-CIO forms a 'super PAC' focused on union organization
Its not going to be about FEC deadlines, television ads or the usual super PAC activity. Its about building a new way for workers to connect, said Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer for the AFL-CIO, at a press conference Thursday morning detailing the super PACs strategy.
"That's something people forget about Dr. King," said Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation. "We all know about his work in the civil rights movement, but he was also a workers' rights advocate."