AFSCME Convention 2012

Delegates to Stand in Solidarity This Summer

AFSCME’s 40th International Convention will take place in Los Angeles.

More than 5,000  AFSCME delegates will convene this summer in Los Angeles to set the union’s course for the next two years at the 40th International Convention. Convention delegates will meet June 18-22 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

AFSCME members will get fired up at the Convention to re-elect Pres. Barack Obama, to hold the pro-worker majority in the U.S. Senate and take back the U.S. House of Representatives. They will also prepare to campaign to ensure labor-friendly majorities in various state legislatures and in Puerto Rico. AFSCME activists will be in the City of Angels, showing their determination to fight like never before for worker rights.

This is a historic gathering, because for the first time in 30 years, delegates will vote for a new union leader to succeed Pres. Gerald W. McEntee, who has announced he will not seek another term.

The Call to Convention will go out in April, and will include a brief agenda, housing forms and other information on hotels, as well as details about special caucuses and workshops.