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Thirty-five members of MN Young Workers are in Chicago this weekend for the 2015 AFL-CIO NextUp Young Worker Summit. Young workers, students and progressive activists from across the U.S. have come together for four days to learn, share, and strengthen organizing and leadership skills in the workplace, in their unions and in their communities.
On Friday attendees heard a rousing speech from another Minnesotan, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison, who spoke about the important broad movements being lead by young people and the connections between the economics of low wages and poverty – union issues – and the blacklivesmatter movement, the fight for $15, education and immigration.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka also addressed the crowd.
The Summit is about action and the interconnection between knowledge, skills, networking and vision that inform and inspire that action. Over 60 workshops and sessions will provide opportunities for sharing knowledge and experience and the challenge to translate these into action items back home. State-based
breakout sessions will allow participants to identify and discuss opportunities to build the labor movement in their states and communities.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
