Barack Obama to address CWU Black Workers Conference?

Delegates to the 2009 CWU Black Workers conference in Dundee could find themselves in the same room as the President of the United States if he accepts the invitation I sent to him last month..
In 2005 the Union published the Black Workers Representation booklet which contained a number of recommendations. One was to raise the profile of the Black Workers conference and another was to engage with politicians to promote our equality and diversity objectives especially those pertaining to black and ethnic minority workers. There can be no more inspirational politician than Barack Obama. We have contacted the White House to invite the President. They have responded by saying that for security reasons they only publish details of Mr Obama’s commitments three months in advance. As they have not declined our invite this is encouraging.
I advise branches to submit applications for delegates credentials for the Black Workers Conference as soon as possible as there will be a big demand for places regradless of who the guest speaker is.