afl, cio memo trunk can a says this year we will not be making major monetary to the the convention. won't be buying sky boxes or hosting events. union leaders did spend millions to stage their own so-called shadow convention in philadelphia this weekend. the event was apparently organized in response to the democratic party's announcement that the dnc convention would be held in september in charlotte where there are zero unionized hotels. also big labor reportedly isn't very happy the president scheduled to accept his party's nomination bank of america stadium built by nonunion labor. this weekend's event the tone sound less than solidly partisan. >> this election isn't about whether a candidate has a d or r after his or her name. this isn't about building one political party or hurting another. it's about our vision for the future. >> union leaders say don't read too much into this situation involving charlotte