AFL- CIO TO HOLD GLOBAL CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS WORKER’S FREEDOMS Unprecedented Meeting, Congressional Forum Aim to Strengthen Worldwide Solidarity

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Dec. 10, 2007. It is reproduced in full below.

WHO: John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO

Sen. Edward Kennedy

Rep. George Miller

John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union

Confederation

Sharan Burrow, President, International Trade Union Confederation

Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America

Victor Baez, General Secretary, Organización Regional

Interamericana de Trabajadores

Dr. John Logan, London School of Economics John Lindner, Field Technician, Verizon Business, New York, NY

Kelly Beringer, Registered Nurse, West Suburban Hospital

(Resurrection Health Care), Chicago, Ill. WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions