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Made in America Clean Energy Jobs Tour January 01, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance, Alliance for Climate Protection and Repower America

Made in America Clean Energy Jobs Tour

Dayton, Ohio

Monday, August 31 at 5:30 p.m.
IUE/CWA Union Hall 1675 Woodman Drive, Dayton, OH.

WHO:
Jim Clark, President, IUE-CWA, Industrial Division of Communications Workers of America
Stan Johnson,
International Secretary-Treasurer, United Steelworkers
Shawn Grimes, IUE member and employee at Cobasys plant in Springboro, OH
Wes Wells,
Executive Director of the Miami Valley Central Labor Council
Fred Jones,
Jr., Business Manager, LIUNA Local 1410
Sara Letourneau,
Ohio Regional Organizer, Blue Green Alliance
Bryan McGannon,
State Director, Repower Ohio

 

Gary, Indiana

Tuesday, September 1 at 4:00 p.m.
USW District 7 Offices, McBride Hall
1301 Texas Street, Gary, IN

WHO:

Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jim Robinson,
District 7 Director, United Steelworkers
Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council
Sally Lambert, Regional Public Affairs Manager, Alcoa|
Bill Keith, President, SunRise Solar, Inc.
Foster Stephens, President, Gary Teachers Union
Steve Francis, Co-Chair, Indiana Blue Green Alliance
Tom Conway, International Vice President, United Steelworkers

 

St. Louis, Missouri

Tuesday, September 1, 6:00 p.m.
St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

WHO:  
Stan Johnson, International Secretary-Treasurer, United Steelworkers
Gerald Nickelson, President, IUE-CWA Local 86114
Tom Rodenbaugh, Program Consultant, Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis
Mary Armstrong, President of AFT St. Louis, Local 420 and American Federation of Teachers Vice President
Jill Miller, owner of White Caps, Green Collars
Katie Gulley, Program Manager, Blue Green Alliance
Andy LaVigne, State Director, Repower Missouri

 

River Rouge, Michigan (outside Detroit)

Wednesday, September 2, 6:00 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
USW Local 1299
11424 West Jefferson
River Rouge, MI 48218

 

The Made in America Jobs Tour is supported by the Blue Green Alliance Foundation, a 501 c(3) organization dedicated to educating the public about the job-creating potential of global warming solutions, including the expansion of renewable energy and energy efficiency across the United States.