President Obama's Schedule Today (12/17/10)
In the morning, President Obama will meet with senior advisers and will then meet with Secretary of the Treasury Geithner in the Oval Office.
In the afternoon, the president will meet with approximately a dozen leaders from the country's largest labor organizations to discuss strengthening our economy, spurring growth, and creating good jobs for the American people, along with other issues of importance to working Americans. Secretary Solis will join the president and the labor leaders at the meeting.
Also this afternoon, Mr. Obama will sign his tax cut deal with Republicans into law.
Expected attendees of the meeting with labor leaders include:
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka
United Food and Commercial Workers President Joe Hansen (Chair, Change to Win)
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees President Gerald McEntee
Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry
United Auto Workers President Bob King
International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Ed Hill
National Association of Letter Carriers President Fred Rolando
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President Jimmy Williams
Here's the Full Schedule from the White House (all times Eastern):
11:55AM: President Obama meets with senior advisors
12:50PM: President Obama meets with Secretary of the Treasury Geithner
2:00PM: President Obama meets with leaders from the country's largest labor organizations