Mayor's Conference continues Saturday

PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - Mayors from across the country are in Providence discussing approaches to crime, housing and jobs during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors continues its 77th annual meeting Saturday with remarks from the Mexican ambassador to the United States.

Sessions are planned during the day on education and the work force and methods of reintegrating criminals into society.

The agenda has been revised since Providence firefighters decided to picket the meeting over a labor fight with Providence Mayor David Cicilline. Because of the pickets, Obama administration officials, including Vice President Joseph Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., aren't attending.
 

The meeting ends Monday.