For Immediate Release
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
John Kerry and New York A.G. Eliot Spitzer to Address AFSCME Convention on June 24
Anaheim, CA —Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will be among the featured speakers when the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, convenes its largest International Convention ever June 21-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
On Thursday, June 24, Eliot Spitzer will address the convention at 10:30 a.m. and Senator John Kerry will address members and delegates at 3:30 p.m.
Under the auspices of the AFL-CIO, more than 30,000 members will join AFSCME’s convention to watch Senator Kerry’s address live via satellite and webcast. Union members in 18 cities in battleground states will hold events with special guests to hear directly from the Senator about his plans to take back America for working families.
AFSCME is the nation’s fastest growing public service employees union with 1.4 million members. We organize for social and economic justice in the workplace and through legislative and political action. AFSCME represents a diverse group of service and health care workers in the public and private sectors including nurses, EMTs, bus drivers, child care workers, custodians and librarians.
