May 23, 2012

Labor and corporate leaders, national news outlet editor headlining Rebuilding American Manufacturing conference at Wayne State University June 5

Perspectives offered from labor, business, academic and industry experts

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WHAT:
Rebuilding American Manufacturing conference
Presented by Wayne State University's Labor@Wayne

WHEN:
8 a.m.-noon, Tuesday, June 5, 2012

WHERE:
Wayne State University McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 Ferry Mall, Detroit

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS:

Keynote address - 8:40-9:30 a.m.
• Brian O'Shaughnessy, co-chair, Coalition for a Prosperous America; chair, Revere Copper Products

Panel discussion - 9:45-10:45 a.m.
• David Foster, executive director, BlueGreen Alliance
• Susan Helper, AT&T Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University
• Richard McCormack, editor, Manufacturing and Technology News

Panel discussion - 11 a.m.-noon
• Michael Bolton, director, United Steelworkers District 2
• Bob King, president, United Auto Workers
• Chris Michalakis, president, Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO
• Karla Swift, president, Michigan AFL-CIO

RSVP at http://specialevents.wayne.edu/rebuilding_2012

For more information, call the Office of Special Events and Services at 313-577-0300.

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