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Obama hosts labor groups, CEOs for immigration talks

February 5, 2013 | 8:57 am
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President Obama will meet separately with labor leaders and CEOs at the White House Tuesday, hoping to build support for his immigration plan on both sides of the ideological divide.

Obama’s day would be infinitely more interesting if he combined the two meetings, but alas, he’ll meet with progressive and labor leaders at 11 a.m. and the CEOs at 3:20 p.m.

The meetings are not open to the press, but according to the White House, the guest list is as follows:

Progressive and labor leaders

  • Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change
  • Marshall Fitz, Center for American Progress
  • Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Marielena Hincapie, National Immigration Law Center
  • Deepa Iyer, NCAPA/SAALT
  • Ben Jealous, NAACP
  • Cristina Jimenez, United We Dream
  • Eliseo Medina, SEIU
  • Mee Moua, Asian American Justice Center
  • Janet Murguia, National Council of la Raza
  • Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum
  • Arturo Rodriguez, United Farm Workers
  • Frank Sharry, America’s Voice
  • Rachel Tiven, Immigration Equality
  • Gustavo Torres, Casa de Maryland
  • Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO

Business leaders

  • Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group
  • Greg Brown, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions
  • Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC
  • Joe Echevarria, CEO, Deloitte LLP
  • Paul Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm
  • Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company
  • Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
  • Monica Lozano, CEO, Impremedia
  • Marissa Mayer, President and CEO, Yahoo!
  • Greg Page, Chairman and CEO, Cargill
  • Jeff Smisek, Chairman and CEO, United Continental
  • Arne Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott International

 

 

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