January, 2003: Wed. 1/8 -- Thurs. 1/9 -- Mon. 1/13 --	-- CDALF Meeting in Albany -- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- IATSE Local 524 Meeting
February: Sat. 2/8 -- Mon. 2/10 -- Thurs. 2/13 -- "     "   "   --	-- Local Jobs for Local People day -- IATSE Local 524 Meeting -- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- Solidarity Meeting in Albany (?)
March: Wed. 5th -- Sat. 3/8 -- Thurs. 3/13 -- Sat. 22nd --	-- Ash Wednesday -- 2nd Annual CDALF Meeting in Albany -- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- WAL*MART Action     co-sponsored by UFCW and NYSUT
April: Tues. 1st -- Thurs. 10th -- Fri. 18th -- Thurs. 26th -- Mon. 28th -- Wed. 30th --	-- Budget Protest, downtown Albany -- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- Good Friday -- Workers' Memorial Week of Action -- Workers' Memorial Day (traditional) -- Equal Rights for Farmworkers Rally
May: Thurs. 1st -- Fri. 2nd -- Thurs. 8th -- Mon. 26th --	-- Troy CLC celebration -- ACLU speaker @ 6PM -- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- Memorial Day (Observed)
June: Thurs. 8th -- --	-- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- Annual Labor Picnic       postponed until next year. --
July 4th:	- Independence Day! HURRAH for FREEDOM FOR ALL!
August: Thurs. 1th --	Labor Council on Summer Recess
September: Tues. 9th -- Thurs. 11th -- Fri. 12th -- Mon. 15th -- Fri. 19th -- Tues. 23rd --	-- Primary -- GGF Central Labor Council meeting -- Luncheon/Reception @ 11:45AM -- Labor Council PAC Meeting -- Alan Hevesi at Crandal Library -- Autumn starts
October: Wed. 8th -- Thurs. 9th -- Mon. 20th -- Fri. 31st -- Fri.   "   --	--Annual Candidates' Night @ 6:00 PM --GGF Central Labor Council meeting --Open House for Adirondack Greens --Halloween --Union Label Dinner,       Honoring John Bulgaro and Jack McNulty
November: Wed. 4th -- Wed. 11th -- Thurs. 13th -- Wed. 19th -- Sat. 22nd -- Thurs. 27th --	--Election Day --Veterans' Day --GGF Central Labor Council meeting --"Cut State Waste, not State Workers"         Rally at the Capitol at Noon --Racetrack for Roy McDonald --Thanksgiving Day
December: Thurs. 11th -- Mon. 22nd -- Thurs. 25th -- Wed. 31th --	--GGF Central Labor Council meeting         and Celebration!   Please RSVP. --Winter Begins --Christmas Day --New Year's Eve

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        This page is for 2003, so
be sure to check our archived 2004 Calendar!

    Thursday, February 13, 2003 -- Maury Thompson from the Post Star was our first speaker, and spoke about Media and Unions.

    Our second set of speakers were from the Green Party, and spoke of some of the common objectives shared with Labor.

    Thursday, March 13, 2003 -- Although the snowstorm had kept the first speaker from coming, fortunately Prairie Wells from CDALF had made it and discussed CDALF and their new facilities.

    Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 6:30! -- Our Speaker was Harold Eisenstein, a lawyer from the Public Employees Federation who practices both Taylor Law and NLRB forums. He discussed the NLRB, and used what occurred at Finch Pruyn, the strike and the delays currently being encountered vis-à-vis the Complaint the Unions have filed as examples of what to expect to have to deal with during disputes.

    Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 7:00 PM again. --     Our first speaker was Mr. Jonathan Rosen, the Director of Health and Safety for PEF, and our second speaker was Gordon McClelland from Cornell Labor Programs.

    Thursday, June 12, 2003 -- Mr. Greg Georgio from the International Workers of the World, also known as the IWW, was the first speaker. Nicknamed the Wobblies, they were formed at the turn of the last century as a reaction against craft Unionism and the AFL conservative policies regarding labor. The IWW believed in organizing ALL workers regardless of craft, sex, race, or religion.