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DELEGATE REPORT

Forty-Seventh Convention
IOWA FEDERATION OF LABOR, AFL-CIO
August 13-15, 2003
Waterloo, Iowa

WELCOMING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTION
Cal Eickhoff, President
Black Hawk Union Council, AFL-CIO

PRESENTATION OF COLORS  
Honor Guard of the Waterloo Fire Rescue, IAFF 66
And
Cedar Falls Fire Rescue, IAFF 1366

INVOCATION
Pastor Thomas Wegener
Faith/Concordia Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Iowa

REMARKS
Maggie Stewart & Brian Quirk (and son) – Black Hawk County Supervisors

OFFICIAL OPENING OF CONVENTION

Called to Order at 9:20 a.m. by Mark L. Smith, President
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

PARTIAL REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
62 Delegates Registered

RULES COMMITTEE REPORT

MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR DECEASED SISTERS & BROTHERS

IOWA GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORT

Jan Laue, Executive Vice President
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

ELECTION – VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE
Tom Gillespie (UA #33) elected

SPEAKERS

MacDonald Smith, Legal Counsel

Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

CONVENTION RECESS
11:45 a.m.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

LUNCH
12:15 p.m.
Sponsored by Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Donations for lunch to be given to striking workers from PACE 7-827

CONVENTION RECONVENED
2:05 p.m.

PRESIDENTIAL FORUM
(The below pictures are of the Democratic primary candidates 
that attended the Iowa AFL-CIO convention)

Kerry	Dean	Gephardt
Edwards	Graham	Kucinich

All Democratic Candidates (except Lieberman, Sharpton and Mosely-Brown) present
President GW Bush (R-W.H.) did not respond to his invitation

CONVENTION RECESS

5:00 p.m.

  HOSPITALITY WITH THE CANDIDATES

Co-Sponsored by Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield

CONVENTION RECONVENED

9:10 a.m., Thursday, August 14, 2003

SPEAKERS

Ken Sagar, Secretary-Treasurer, IFL

Ken Grossinger, AFL-CIO – America’s Choices

Ellen Moran, Political Department, AFL-CIO – Swing Voters/Sandwich Program

Ricky Feller, AFSCME – Taking Back America

PARTIAL REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

183    Delegates Registered representing more than 34,000 votes

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Constitutional Amendment No. 1 – raising delegate fee from $20 to $40.

Properly moved & seconded ANDcarried and adopted.

The first of twenty-two (22) resolutions was presented – Resolution #16, the recognition of the month of September as “National Labor History Month” (submitted by I.A.M. LL1426).

Properly moved/seconded and carried.

Of the twenty-two (22) resolutions presented, twenty (20) were properly moved & seconded AND carried, one (1) was properly moved & seconded AND defeated, and one (1) was withdrawn.  

I.A.M. LL1426 submitted Resolution #15, the support for the 
8-HR Work Day/40-HR Work Week/Voluntary Overtime.

Properly moved/seconded and carried.

CONVENTION RECESS

12.00 Noon

MEDICARE PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY

Medicare Rally starts outside Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center Waterloo, Iowa	Iowa Fed. Exec. V.P. Jan Laue speaking to the rally and referring to Senator Grassley's (R-IA) Medicare Bill	Rally outside Senator Grassley's (R-IA) Office (Across the street from the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center)
Don Rowan, past IFL V.P. addresses rally	In front of Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center	More in front of Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center

12:00 – 12:15 p.m. Outside of Convention Center and in front of Senator Grassley’s (R-IA) Waterloo Office (workers from inside the building called the authorities).

LUNCH

12:15 p.m.

Sponsored by American Income Life

Donations for lunch to be given to the Iowa Food Bank (“GOT MILK?”)

CONVENTION RECONVENED

2:12 p.m.

SPEAKERS

David Osterberg, Iowa Policy Project

Jim Jointz, Iowa Fair Trade Campaign
Mr. Jointz handed out a “Fair Trade Toolbox” – a plan to fight back.

Byron Orton, Iowa Labor Commissioner
Mr. Orton read 3 OSHA reports from recent Iowa Work-related deaths.  He noted that Iowa has over 900,000 businesses and there are only 19 (down from 26) OSHA inspectors – OSHA inspectors make $60,000/year, half of which is paid by the Federal Gov. and half by the State.   Each inspector assesses $20,000-$25,000 in fines each year which goes into the States General Fund.  Yet our State Legislators cannot find the extra $5,000-$7,000 per inspector to properly staff the department – this is a deafening message to employers from our Legislators to do what ever they want in regards to worker safety.

Jean Hessberg, Iowa Democratic Party

COMMITTEE REPORTS

CONVENTION RECESS

5:00 p.m.

POLITICAL BANQUET

6:00 p.m.

U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) spoke

P.A.C.E. PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY

8:45 a.m., Friday, August 15, 2003

In front of Convention Center

IFL President, Mark Smith Spoke  

P.A.C.E. 7-827 President, Bob Harris spoke and was presented a check from the IFL in the amount of $1,000 (raised by the delegates).

U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) spoke and urged the company to return to the table.

CONVENTION RECONVENED

9:10 a.m.

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE FINAL REPORT

191 Delegates Registered representing 35,655 votes.

LABOR HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS

Bob Runde, (IAMAW) former BR from Dubuque

Russ Woodrick, (IAMAW) former BR District #134, Cedar Falls/Waterloo

 SPEAKERS

Mike Trier, Iowa W.C. Commissioner

Richard Running, Director, Iowa Workforce Development

Gary Hoskey, Iowa Farmer’s Union

Dan Holub, University of Iowa Labor Center

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ADJOURNMENT

It was properly moved & seconded AND carried to adjourn

Forty-Seventh Convention of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO was adjourned at 12:25 p.m.

Report submitted by John P. Herrig, Delegate from Siouxland Lodge 1426

Comments or Suggestions? E-mail the Communications Officer
of Siouxland Lodge 1426 IAMAW
Greg Enright