The Fourth Quadrennial GCIU Convention will be held from Sept. 11 to 15, 2000, at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., General Board members agreed at the June session.

Board members also heard reports on the Ontario election results that were disappointing to Canadian trade unionists.

Regarding the AFL-CIO, GCIU Pres. James J. Norton, a federation vice president and member of the Executive Council, noted that recently elected Teamsters Pres. James L. Hoffa was installed as the newest AFL-CIO vice president and council member.

Norton also reported on the first union elections for public employees in Puerto Rico, with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, and the United Auto Workers the prime unions being considered for representation in Puerto Rico.