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On April 29-30,
1999, the Heartland Project held its second national conference.
Co-sponsored by the United Steelworkers of America and the Center
for Working Capital, the conference took place in
Washington, DC, and highlighted new strategies for workers and communities
to direct their assets
into long-term, prudent, job-generating investments in domestic
industries. More than 150 participants
attended the event, including labor leaders, pension trustees, federal
and state officials, community
development practitioners, investment activists, scholars and economic
analysts from the U.S. and
Canada. Featured speakers at the conference included AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
Richard Trumka,
Representative David Bonior, Senator Paul Wellstone, and senior
representatives of the Quebec
Solidarity Fund, the first and largest of the Canadian labor-sponsored
investment funds…
Click on the
links below to browse the contents of a particular conference.
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