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 National and Local Experts Discuss Impact of Wall Street Crisis on New Hampshire WorkersMEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, SEPT. 26 PRESS CONFERENCE CALL National and Local Experts Discuss Impact of Wall Street Crisis on New Hampshire Workers Representatives from NH AFL-CIO, NH Building and Construction Trades, NH Sierra Club, Economic Policy Institute and National Employment Law Project will participate TODAY, The New Hampshire AFL-CIO will host a press conference call with reporters throughout the state to discuss how the Wall Street Crisis will impact New Hampshire’s working families. The discussion will be led by New Hampshire AFL-CIO President Mark S. MacKenzie. Joining MacKenzie on the call will be Josh Bivens, Economist with the Economic Policy Institute; Maurice Emsellem, co-Policy Director of the National Employment Law Project; Gail Kinney with the New Hampshire Building and Construction Trades; New Hampshire Sierra Club Director Catherine Corkery and Eddy DeBlois, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 75 worker. “New Hampshire’s working men and women deserve to know how this economic crisis and any potential bailout will impact their families,” said President MacKenzie. “Congress needs to act swiftly and pass a second economic stimulus package to help ease the burden on working families, but they must also include important safeguards for taxpayers in any prospective bailout.” Who: Mark MacKenzie, New Hampshire AFL-CIO President
Josh Bivens, Economist with the Economic Policy Institute
Maurice Emsellem, Policy Co-Director of the National Employment Law Project
Gail Kinney, New Hampshire Building and Construction Trades What: The Impact of the Wall Street Crisis on New Hampshire Workers When: TODAY – Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Call-in: Please contact Heidi Mitchell at 603-289-6333 or Beverly Holton at 202-637-5018 for ### Back to Granite State Progress  |