Union spokesman: Philly event not a ‘shadow convention’

Published July 10, 2012 4:00am ET



Labor unions will be holding a major event in Philadelphia on August 11 to list their grievances with the current economy ahead of the Democrats’ convention in Charlotte, N.C. Just don’t call it a “shadow convention.”

That’s not quite right says International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers spokesman Jim Spellane. He was trying to walk back an Associated Press story that labeled the event exactly that.

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