Fla., Mich., Construction Workers To Picket DNC

Mon, April 14, 2008 - 11:56 AM

WASHINGTON – Members of the Florida and Michigan units of the Building and Construction Trades Council are planning a demonstration this afternoon outside of Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Participants say they want the DNC to seat the two state’s delegates at the party’s presidential nominating convention.

Organizers say the demonstrators will gather with picket signs and handbills; but they say the effort is being held for “informational purposes only.”

No attempt to prevent anyone from entering the building, they say.

Those participating are in the nation’s capital for this week’s Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference.

-- Billy House