Change in Plans for Chicago DSA Dinner
Chicago’s 50th Annual Debs - Thomas - Harrington Dinner is coming up this weekend. This year’s dinner will honor Les Orear , founder and President Emeritus of the Illinois Labor History Society; Laurie Burgess, labor attorney with Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, Stanton, and Hernandez; and Dr. Mardge Cohen, Medical Director of Women’s Equity in Access to Care and Treatment.
There is one change in the program, the featured speaker, Rose Ann DeMoro, had to withdraw from our event. There’s a story behind this
and you can find part of on the Chicago DSA website.
For the curious, you can read SEIU Illinois Council’s letter to Chicago DSA here. You can read the response by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee here.
The Dinner begins with a cash bar at 6 PM. Dinner is served at 7 PM. The program begins at 8 PM.
(Tickets are still available. Send an email to chiildsa@chicagodsa.org with the number of tickets desired, your name and address or leave a message at 773.384.0327 with the same information.
Filed under: Conferences and Events | Tagged: Chicago DSA, CNA, CNA/NNOC, SEIU
[...] Universal Health Care: Theme of Chicago’s Debs Thomas Harrington Dinner Posted on March 21, 2008 by dsalaborblogmoderator Chicago’s 50th Annual Debs - Thomas - Harrington Dinner features Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of the California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee and AFL-CIO Executive Committee member. With Rose Ann DeMoro, the April 25th dinner will have someone well qualified to speak, and speak well and forcefully, on the nation’s need for a national and universal health care program. [Update April 22 update here] [...]