Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tentative Agenda
CHARLESTON 5
10th Anniversary Celebration
February 25, 2010
OPENING SESSION
9:30 a.m.
Presiding, Peter Wilborn, Esq. of Derfner, Altman & Wilborn
INSPIRATIONAL SONG
INVOCATION
Minister, Robert Ford
RECOGNITION OF GUESTS
WELCOME
City Official, Councilman William “Dudley” Gregorie
ILA Locals
Charleston Central Labor Council
South Carolina, AFL-CIO
The Gullah Tongue
Jackie Mickel
COMMEMORATING THE STRUGGLE
THE STRUGGLE
Kenneth Riley, Pres. ILA Local 1422
THE PEOPLE
The Charleston 5—Others Arrested
THE DEFENSE CAMPAIGN
Bill Fletcher, Jr., Director of Field Services and Education, AFGE
THE RALLY
Jimmy Hyde, AFL-CIO Southern Region
Donna Dewitt, Pres. SC AFL-CIO
THE VICTORY
Armand Derfner, Esq. of Derfner, Altman & Wilborn
Judge Vic Rawl, Charleston County Council
THE BOOK
Suzan Erem & E. Paul Dirremberger
Authors, On the Global Waterfront
LUNCH
12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
AFTERNOON PANEL
2:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
THE CHARLESTON 5, NOT JUST ANOTHER LABOR STORY
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUTH
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE REST OF
THE SOUTH NOW
PETER WILBORN, Esq. Moderator
BILL FLETCHER, Jr., Director of Field Services and Education, AFGE
DONNA DEWITT, Pres., SC AFL-CIO
GILDA COBB-HUNTER, SC House of Representative
JIM CAMPBELL, Committee of Correspondence
BRETT BURSEY, Pres. SC Progressive Network
NATIONAL AFL-CIO TOWN HALL MEETING
4:15 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Arlene Holt-Baker, Exec. Vice Pres., AFL-CIO
ADJOURNMENT
6 p.m. followed by A Southern Cookout
CHARLESTON 5
10TH Anniversary Celebration
February 26, 2010
OPENING SESSION
9:30 a.m.
Presiding, Leonard Riley, Jr., ILA Local 1422
INSPIRATIONAL SONG
INVOCATION
Rev. Randolph Miller
RECOGNITION OF GUEST(S)
VIDEO ---BIG BOX MART
PRESENTATION
SOUTH CAROLINA JOBS WITH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
KENNETH RILEY, Pres., ILA Local 1422
EVELINA ALARCON, Natl. Coord., Cesar E. Chavez Natl. Holiday Coal.
ERIN MCKEE, Charleston CLC
BILL WISE, Catawba CLC
JENNY PATTERSON, Columbia CLC
DONNA DEWITT, Pres., SC AFL-CIO
MICHAEL PARROTTA, SC Professional Fire Fighters
ANDREW J. MAUTE, SC Building Trades
MORNING PANEL
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
GLOBAL TRADE, CORPORATE GREED, FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, THE GLOBAL RECESSION, NEW TECHNOLOGY-------THE IMPACT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKWORKERS MOVEMENT
PAT RILEY, Moderator
Pres., ILA Local 273, St. John N.B. Canada
PADDY CRUMLIN, Australia, Maritime Union of ITF Dockers Chair
NEIK STAM, Natl. Secretary, Dockers Section FNV Bondgenoten
FRANK LEYS, Secretary, Dockers Section ITF
PETER SHAW, Swedish Dockworkers Union
LUNCH
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
AFTERNOON PANEL
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
CHARTING A WAY FORWARD----CHARTING OUR FUTURE
MIKE D. PAYNE, Moderator, Pres., ILA Local 1526
ROGER TOUSSAINT, Intl. Vice Pres., Transit Workers Union
BJORN A. BORG, Swedish Dockworkers Union
BRENDA SUTTON-WILLS, Staff Attorney, CA Teachers Assn.
TERRENCE MELVIN. Sec/Treas. NY State AFL-CIO
RAY FAMILATHE, Intl. Vice Pres. ILWU
BILL FLETCHER, Jr., Dir. of Field Services and Education, AFGE
ADJOURNMENT
4 p.m.
CLOSING RECEPTION
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
GUEST SPEAKER
MUSIC & DANCING
9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
