Brazil's President is Hosted by Lehman and Lawler at ILR New York Event
September, 2003
Former ILR Dean Ed Lawler welcomed President of Brazil, Lula da Silva to the Cornell Club September 24th, 2003. Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was in the U.S. to address the General Assembly of the United Nations, was the guest of honor at a special reception at the Cornell Club in New York City co-sponsored by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the AFL-CIO, and the New York Central Labor Council. Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, introduced him to the crowd of 75, which included prominent New York labor leaders and faculty, staff and students at the New York City extension offices of the ILR School.
President Lula is a former metal worker who became a strong labor leader in Brazil, was elected President of the Metalworkers Union in 1975, and founded the Brazilian Workers Party. He was elected President of Brazil last December primarily because of strong labor support and has close strong ties to the AFL-CIO.
Richard Trumka, Brian McLaughlin, President of the NYC Central Labor Council, and Jeffrey Lehman, gave presentations and remarks. Stanley Gacek, International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO and Sean Sweeney, ILR Director of Labor Studies Programs for the Metro region, organized the event. For further details, view text from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's speech. 
