FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, September 21, 2007

CONTACT: Greg Denier, 202-486-2365
Noreen Nielsen, 603-858-2607
chris.ortman@changetowin.org

Chicago, IL - Top 2008 presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. will participate in an “American Dream Dialogue” with the delegation of the seven Change to Win unions for their 2nd Biennial Convention on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Ill.

Nearly 1,000 delegates and allies representing the seven Change to Win unions will gather at the convention to unite and strategize on how to lift up workers in the jobs and industries of the new American economy of the 21st century.

2008 PRESIDENTIAL “AMERICAN DREAM DIALOGUE”

• 11:30 a.m. Sen. Barack Obama will participate in the “American Dream Dialogue” with Change to Win delegates. Chicago Hilton, 720 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, International Ballroom
• 1:15 p.m. Former Sen. John Edwards will participate in the “American Dream Dialogue” with Change to Win delegates. Chicago Hilton, 720 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, International Ballroom
• 2:45 p.m. Sen. Hillary Clinton will participate in the “American Dream Dialogue” with Change to Win delegates. Chicago Hilton, 720 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, International Ballroom

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** Contact chris.ortman@changetowin.org about receiving press credentials. Change to Win business sessions are closed to the press. Listed events are open to the press. A work room will be available to all credentialed media representatives. Times are tentative and subject to change. **

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About Change to Win
Change to Win is a six million member partnership of seven unions founded in 2005 to represent workers in the industries and occupations of the 21st century economy. Change to Win committed to restoring the American Dream for a new generation of workers – wages that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement, and the opportunity for the future. The seven affiliated unions are: Service Employees International Union, UNITE HERE, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North America, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and United Farm Workers of America.