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Title:
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Town Hall: From the UFCW Strike to Walmart Busting
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START DATE:
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1/15/2004
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START TIME:
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7:00 PM
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Duration:
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2 Hours
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Location:
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downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
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Location Details:
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Micheltorena St. Elementary School, 1511 Micheltorena St.,
corner of Sunset, in Silverlake
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Event Topic:
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Event Type:
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presentation
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Contact Name:
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Contact Email:
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www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org
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Contact Phone:
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818-727-8433
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DESCRIPTION:
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Neighbors for Peace and Justice/Silverlake presents
A Town Hall Discussion
From Supermarket Strike
to Wal-Mart Busting:
Strategies for a Just Economy
Discussion on the supermarket strike
and the Wal-Martization of Los Angeles!
Thursday, January 15 (MLK?s birthday), 7pm,
Panel:
John Grant-- Vice President
United Food & Commercial Workers, local 770
Eddie Rendon-- Director of Public Affairs
Teamsters Joint Council, 42
Lizette Hernandez-- Lead Organizer
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
involved in a campaign against Wal-Mart?s attempt to invade Inglewood
Also:
Neighbors for Peace and Justice
Open community discussion
Emergency!
Food and especially cash or check donations to support your
fellow workers on the picket lines are appreciated!
?Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture
the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world
declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.?
Martin Luther King
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