Announcing Gompers Speaker, Larry Cohen
Don't miss Larry Cohen of Our Revolution, the successor organization to Bernie 2016, who will address the Gompers-Murray-Meany Conference on Thursday the 25th. Larry served as President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) from 2005-2015, and spent nearly all of his adult life as a member, organizer, and officer. He was the founding chair of Jobs with Justice believing that workers’ rights is a community issue not just a fight for unions.
Larry is a member of the Democratic National Committee, and was appointed by Senator Bernie Sanders as vice-chair of the Unity Reform Commission whose mandate is to democratize the party structures and presidential nominating process.
Larry was the founding chair and remains on the board of the Democracy Initiative, a coalition of more than 50 membership organizations working together on voting rights and big money out of politics.