From: Barry Weisleder barryaw@look.ca
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 

Sunday, June 12 (registration day prior to opening of CLC convention)
       afternoon - meet, greet and leaflet incoming delegates and observers
         8 p.m. Initial meeting of the Workers' Solidarity Caucus, at the
Hotel Delta Centre Ville, 475 Av. President Kennedy (ask for room of Bruce
Allen, CAW delegate).

Monday, June 13, 7 p.m., Room 516B at the Palais des Congres de Montreal
public forum sponsored by the Workers' Solidarity and Union Democracy
Coalition
"Stop Concessions, Restore Union Democracy"
with speakers: 
Carol Wall, PSAC negotiator and CEP delegate, and candidate for President of
the CLC
Bruce Allen, V.P. CAW Local 199 and executive member of St. Catharines and
District Labour Council
John Clarke, organizer, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Gretchen Dulmage, delegate from C&W local of the Hospital Employees' Union,
CUPE 6010; past candidate for President, BC Federation of Labour; and
currently a spokesperson for B.C. Fight Back Solidarity Caucus
Gordon Lefebvre, National Executive member, Union des Forces Progressistes,
Quebec
plus meeting chair:  Barry Weisleder, Toronto Substitute Teachers' Action
Caucus, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

Tuesday, June 14, 7 p.m. Room 516B at the Palais des Congres de Montreal
public forum sponsored by the Workers' Solidarity and Union Democracy
Coalition
"Resisting War, Occupation and Imperialism"
with speakers:
Ernesto Senti Darias, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba
Jesus Perez, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Meissoon Azzaria, Iraq solidarity activist, and member, Voices of Conscience
Yves Engler, Haiti solidarity activist, based in Montreal
Mike DesRoches, Block the Empire, on Canadian complicity with militarism

In addition to these two evening public forums, the WS&UD Coalition plans to
hold lunch hour Workers' Solidarity Caucus meetings each day of the CLC
Convention at a location inside the convention centre to be announced.