Washington, DC -On April 4th, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s tragic assassination, labor and civil rights groups will be in Germany at the Daimler shareholder meeting calling on the company to stand for repeal of Alabama's racist law, HB56. Daimler has remained silent even though it is one of the largest employers in Alabama, and is a founding signatory of the U.N. Global Compact, which calls on corporations to ensure "they are not complicit in human rights abuses" where they do business.

The delegation will include Fred Redmond, International Vice President for the United Steelworkers and member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, Renata Soto, National Council of La Raza board member and Executive Director of Conexin Am̩ricas and Patty Kupfer, Managing Director for America's Voice Education Fund.

After the shareholder meeting the delegation will hold a press conference call on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM EST to discuss the results of the meeting and next steps. There will also be an in-person press conference held locally in Germany at 12:30 PM LOCAL TIME and streamed here at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/daimler-press-conference.

Who: Labor and civil rights leaders; Fred Redmond, International Vice President for the United Steelworkers and member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, Renata Soto, National Council of La Raza board member and Executive Director of Conexin Am̩ricas and Patty Kupfer, Managing Director for America's Voice Education Fund.

What: Press Conference Call on Daimler's Need to Denounce Alabama's Racist Law
When: Wednesday April 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM EST
Where: Conference call: +1-866-434-5269
Access code: 6375000
International number: +1-216-706-7005

To RSVP please contact Amaya Tune at atune@aflcio.org.

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