Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins spreads labor's political message at Cornell University

Added May 2nd, 2008

"Our movement is about justice and human rights," not just wages and benefits, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins told Cornell University's annual Union Days event last week.

The executive officer of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council was one of four speakers invited to participate in a panel discussion on "Worker Power in the 2008 Election: Is Change for Real," sponsored by the Ithaca, N.Y., university's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Also on the panel were Jane McDonald-Pines, executive assistant to the executive vice president of the AFL-CIO; Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute; and Barbara Lifton, New York State Assemblywoman.

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