Making It Happen – In San Francisco!

38th International Convention

Some 6,000 delegates, alternates and guests will gather July 28 to August 1 at the Moscone West in the heart of the City by the Bay for AFSCME’s 38th Biennial Convention.

In addition to focusing on how to return the White House to the hands of working men and women, delegates will consider the key policy resolutions and constitutional amendments that will guide the union for the next two years. They will also elect all of AFSCME’s International Executive Board members — president, secretary-treasurer and 32 vice presidents.

Pres. Gerald W. McEntee and Sec.-Treas. Bill Lucy will call on attendees to continue implementing the sweeping measures of the Power to Win plan — a historic strategy approved by delegates to the 2006 Convention, which is already remaking AFSCME from top to bottom.

A major part of the plan includes showcasing the importance of public workers — and the services we provide — through AFSCME’s new tagline, “We Make America Happen.” The theme will serve as a focus of the Convention, which will place special emphasis on unity, political activism and growing the union, and include remarks from leaders in politics, labor and other areas.

Registration for delegates and alternates opens at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 26, and closes at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29.

San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau photo by Phil Coblentz.