MEDIA ADVISORY
Business, Labor, and Agriculture Groups to Announce New Coalition to Press for Shift in U.S. Economic Policy Direction
Will Unveil Policy Platform to Help Fix America's Economy
Press Conference Scheduled for Thursday, October 2 at 11:15 AM on Cannon Terrace in Washington, DC
CONTACT:
Lloyd Wood, AMTAC
(202) 452-0866 or
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Charles Blum, IASG (Board Member of Coalition for a Prosperous America)
(202) 393-8600 or
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September 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – In light of the ongoing financial crisis, national, state, and local leaders representing more than 30 business, labor and agriculture organizations will be holding a press conference to:
1. Announce the formation of a new non-partisan ad hoc group called the Coalition to Fix America's Economy;
2. Unveil a policy platform to help fix America's economy and ensure good jobs, prosperity and national security; and
3. Discuss plans to encourage all candidates for President and Congress to support the policy planks contained in the platform.
Event Specifics
DATE: Thursday, October 2, 2008
TIME: 11:15 AM ET
LOCATION: Cannon Terrace, Cannon House Office Building
ADDRESS: Intersection of Independence AVE, SE & New Jersey AVE, SE
CITY: Washington, DC
Scheduled Speakers (Subject to Change)
George Shuster, CEO of Cranston Print Works of Cranston, RI
· Co-Chair of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC)
Steve Rotman, President of Ameritech Die & Mold, Inc. of Mooresville, NC
· President of the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA)
Patrick McFadden, Director of Government Affairs for Nucor of Charlotte, NC
Bob Baugh, Executive Director, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council
· Director, Coalition for Prosperous America (CPA)
Charles Blum, President, International Advisory Services, Ltd.
· Director, Coalition for Prosperous America (CPA)
Attendees Available for Q&A (Will Update as More Attendees Confirm)
Robert J. Dumont, President & CEO of the Tooling, Manufacturing, and Technologies Assoc. (TMTA) of Farmington Hills, MI
Melissa Millhuff, Exec. Director of the American Mold Builders Assoc. (AMBA) of Rolling Meadows, IL
Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)
Auggie Tantillo, Executive Director of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC)
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