Media Advisory: Academy Award Winner to Speak at CLC Convention

Charles Ferguson is producer-director of documentary Inside Job


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 8, 2011) - Charles Ferguson, producer-director of the Academy Award winning documentary Inside Job, will speak to 2,500 delegates and guests at the 26th constitutional convention of the Canadian Labour Congress in Vancouver on Monday, May 9th. Ferguson's work has been described as the definitive screen investigation of the recent global economic crisis. He will be available to media following his CLC appearance.

WHO: Charles Ferguson
Producer-director of documentary Inside Job
WHAT:Keynote address to convention
Canadian Labour Congress
WHEN:2:00 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2011
WHERE:Exhibit Halls A, B & C, Main Level
Vancouver Convention Centre – East Building
999 Canada Place

The theme of the CLC's 2011 convention is "Good Jobs. Better Lives. Unions make a difference." For full details of the agenda and speakers please visit our website at: http://www.canadianlabour.ca/convention/2011-convention/home

The Canadian Labour Congress, the national voice of the labour movement, represents 3.2 million Canadian workers. The CLC brings together Canada's national and international unions along with the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 130 district labour councils.

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Contact Information:

Dennis Gruending
CLC Communications
(Cell) 613-878-6040
dgruending@clc-ctc.ca

Jeff Atkinson
CLC Communications
(Cell) 613-863-1413
jatkinson@clc-ctc.ca