on the third Wednesday of the month.

“I want to take a moment to thank everyone who made the labor council dinner such a success,” stated Mr. Potter.

REGION, May 18th- With the Pennsylvania Primary election now over, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) labor federation in Washington DC, is looking now at the November’s general election and beginning their political program in Pennsylvania to better educate union members about Senator John McCain’s labor voting record.

Mr. McCain, the expected Republican Presidential candidate for the fall election, will be challenged by Democratic Illinois Senator Barack Obama or New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Clinton defeated Mr. Obama in the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary election by nine percentage points.

The AFL-CIO endorsed neither candidate with many oftheir affiliated unions split on supporting either Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton. There were national unions that supported candidates other than Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton that withdrew from the campaign earlier in 2008.

The Change-to-Win (CtW) labor federation and the majority of their affiliates endorsed Mr. Obama.

Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO plans to conduct their political program throughout Pennsylvania, including the Lehigh Valley, during the summer, despite the Democratic party presidential candidate is likely not to be known until after the Democratic convention in August in Denver.

The program is intended to inform union members about issues pertaining to the November election and how it will effect them and the working people.

With labor divided and the known Democratic party candidate not likely to be known until late summer, the AFL-CIO plans