Part pep rally, part policy discussion, the conference presented two main themes: the federal government must do more than the Bush administration has done to fight global warming; and in the meantime, cities must take up the slack.
Last month, a White House Summit on Working Families drew thousands to Washington, DC to rally for policies like paid leave and workplace flexibility.
Let us make this a truly "Happy" Labor Day by recognizing our real job creators, and by rallying behind policies that will them help themselves and create jobs for others.
They warned social conservatives about threats to religious freedom, guaranteed economic conservatives big tax cuts and rallied foreign-policy conservatives with promises of a more aggressive use of the military.
Organisers had asked queens and performers to gather at San Francisco's city hall "in face" on Thursday for a rally against the policy.
As leader, he has focused most on those issues around which all can rally: infrastructure, industrial policy and apprenticeships, for example.But things become difficult for him at times, like this, when the different groups disagree.
Change is trial and error, but isn't change ultimately brought about by leadership which has the ability to rally all the policy makers around the all important higher purpose -- that of educational excellence?
But her detailed proposals to deal with climate change could prove among the most influential at a time when the Democrats have failed to rally around any policy that could feasibly reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically enough to make a difference.
Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA 3.29pm GMT Police officers detain demonstrators during a protest rally against government policies in St . Petersburg
There was Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who urged party activists to rally against Obama policies, particularly the new health care law.
