IFPTE and SUP/Local 160 Lead IFPTE Contingent at CBTU Convention

International staff, Candace Rhett, and Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Board Member and past Chair of the SUP Racialized Professionals Committee, Leon Simeon, along with SUP/Local 160 members, Johanne Konan and Lilia Shillingford, represented IFPTE this week in Atlanta at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) 55th International Convention.  More than 1100 people attended the convention themed, “Cherish Our Legacy & Bend to No One.”

The convention featured several speakers focused on CBTU’s continued efforts to resist the unprecedented attacks on the rights of black workers and union members by the current administration. During her fiery keynote address, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams said, “We have to demand the democracy we deserve.”

Rhett commented that, “this year’s convention comes at a very pivotal time in our nation’s history, as our rights as black Americans, most particularly our voting rights, are being stripped away right before our very eyes.  The CBTU is laser focused on how our labor movement can continue to fight against these attacks and I was proud to be at the convention along with Leon, Johanne and Lilia.”  THANK YOU for representing IFPTE! 

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(l-r) Lilia Shillingford, Leon Simeon, Candace Rhett and Johanne Konan