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View Article  Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Ottumwa Oct. 11
Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Ottumwa Oct. 11

A Town Hall Meeting for people concerned about good jobs, the environment, and a healthy future for their community

Monday, October 11

7:00-8:30 PM

Ottumwa Public Library

101 W. Fourth St., Ottumwa


Join your friends and neighbors to learn about global trade agreements now being negotiated by the Bush administration, their implications for good jobs, a clean environment, and healthy communities, and the choice that voters have in the Presidential election on the issue of outsourcing our future.

Panelists

John Whitaker, Iowa State Representative, District 90
Steve Siegel, Wapello County Board of Supervisors
Diana Davis-Doud, former employee, Moog/Everco
Mary Krier, Iowa Farmers Union
Dan Holub, University of Iowa Labor Center
Jim Jontz, former President, Americans for Democratic Action

More information: Dave Leshtz, Iowa Fair Trade Campaign, 319-621-4205


For complete information on the Iowa Fair Trade Campaign, click here.


View Article  Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Keokuk Oct. 4
Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Keokuk Oct. 4

A Town Hall Meeting for people concerned about good jobs, the environment, and a healthy future for their community

Monday, October 4
6:30-8:00 PM
Keokuk City Council Chambers
415 Blondeau St., Keokuk

Join your friends and neighbors to learn about global trade agreements now being negotiated by the Bush administration, their implications for good jobs, a clean environment, and healthy communities, and the choice that voters have in the Presidential election on the issue of outsourcing our future.

Panelists
-David Osterberg, Executive Director, Iowa Policy Project
-Bill Olmsted, At-Large Alderman, Keokuk City Council
-Jerry Kearns, Staff Representative, United Steel Workers of America
AND
-Jim Jontz, former Congressman from Indiana and President Emeritus, Americans for Democratic Action

Thanks to Jerry Kearns, the meeting will be televised live on local public access TV.


Other Town Hall Meetings in Iowa


Ottumwa, Oct. 11, Ottumwa Public Library, 7:00-8:30pm

For more information, click here.


View Article  Stop Outsourcing Our Future Comes to Muscatine Oct. 2
"Stop Outsourcing Our Future" Comes to Muscatine Oct. 2

A Town Hall Meeting for people concerned about good jobs, the environment, and a healthy future for their community


Saturday, October 2


10:30-Noon

Larsen Hall Conference Center, Muscatine Community College

152 Colorado St., Muscatine


Join your friends and neighbors to learn about global trade agreements now being negotiated by the Bush administration, their implications for good jobs, a clean environment, and healthy communities, and the choice that voters have in the Presidential election on the issue of outsourcing our future.

Panelists

David Osterberg, Executive Director, Iowa Policy Project
Rosa Mendoza, Executive Director, Diversity Service Center of Iowa
Rev. Jacqueline McCoy, Executive Director, Quad Cities Interfaith
Earlene Ledford, AFSCME Iowa
Jennifer Sherer, University of Iowa Labor Center

Sponsors

Iowa Farmers Union
Iowa Conference United Methodist Church
League of Rural Voters
Iowa Fair Trade Campaign
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Americans for Democratic Action
Quad Cities Interfaith
Iowa Citizen Action Network
SEIU Local 199
AFSCME Council 61
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Iowa Sierra Club
Women, Food, and Agriculture Network
American Federation of Teachers Local 716
United Steel Workers of America District 11

For more information, contact:  Dave Leshtz, Iowa Fair Trade Campaign, 319-621-4205


Other Town Hall Meetings in Iowa

Keokuk
,
Oct. 4, Keokuk City Council Chambers, 6:30-8:00 pm

Ottumwa, Oct. 11, Ottumwa Public Library, 7:00-8:30pm

For more information, click here.

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