National Union Leaders, 1,000 Arkansas Workers Expected at Grassroots Mobilization...

National Union Leaders, 1,000 Arkansas Workers Expected at Grassroots
Mobilization in Little Rock to Urge Congress Approve Employee Free Choice

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Saturday, July 11 in
Little Rock, national labor leaders and more than 1,000 local workers from
across the state will be mobilizing outside Central High School with civil
rights activists in support of the Employee Free Choice Act that's pending in
Congress to restore workers' freedom to join a union and bargain for a better
life.

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USW International President Leo W. Gerard; Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer; and Arlene Holt Baker, the first African-American
executive vice president of the AFL-CIO and widely known civil rights leader,
will join other national labor, civil rights, and faith leaders in an historic
march and rally to call on the Arkansas congressional delegation to support
the employee free choice bill.

IBEW President Ed Hill, CWA Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Rechenbach, will also be
participating with their union represented workers in the state as a first of
its kind labor rights demonstration in Little Rock on July 11.

Early Saturday morning, workers will begin traveling from send-off points in
Texarkana, Ft. Smith, Pine Bluff and other cities in the state to meet at
Central High School. They will remember the sacrifices and contribution of the
Little Rock 9 to freedom for all Americans. Then, led by Arkansas ministers,
the assembled hundreds will march to the nearby State Capitol Building in
Little Rock to urge the Arkansas congressional delegation standup for workers
and vote for the Employee Free Choice Act.

After the rally on the steps of the state capitol, the marchers will gather at
the adjacent Arkansas Education Association for an old-fashioned Arkansas
catfish fry.

WHO: Speakers include AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Rich Trumka; Executive Vice
President Arlene Holt Baker; USW President Leo W. Gerard; IBEW President Ed
Hill, and CWA Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Rechenbach,.

WHAT: Rally and March for the Employee Free Choice Act

WHEN: Saturday July 11th, 1:00 pm, CDST

WHERE: Central High School, 1500 S Park St, Little Rock

VISUALS: Organizers expect 1,000 workers from across the state assembled and
marching in colorful t-shirts with banners. Speakers and workers are available
for interviews.

SOURCE United Steelworkers (USW)

Tim Waters of United Steelworkers (USW), +1-412-999-3587