Fwd: [Press]RALPH NADER TO MEET WITH STRIKING VERIZON WORKERS

[Doug Henwood]

>Press Advisory
>August 9, 2000
>CONTACT:  Jake Lewis or Laura Jones,(202) 265-4000
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>RALPH NADER TO MEET WITH STRIKING VERIZON WORKERS
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>VISITS PICKET LINE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA
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>WHO:	Ralph Nader
>	Jim Hilleary, President CWA Local 2222
>	Striking Verizon Workers
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>WHEN:  Thursday, August 10
>	11:30 am - 12:00 pm
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>WHERE: 2980 Fairview Park Drive
>	Falls Church, VA
>	Verizon facility just off U.S. Route 50 (Arlington Blvd.), 
>just inside the
>Beltway.  Across highway from Marriott Hotel.
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>Ralph Nader will meet with a group of striking Verizon workers at a picket
>line in Falls Church, Virginia.  Improved labor rights are a top priority
>for Nader, who calls for the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act to lift barriers
>to organizing and give workers control over traditional pension, health and
>welfare funds.  Nader is the only Presidential candidate to urge the repeal
>of the Taft-Hartley restrictions on unions.
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>Laura Jones
>Deputy Press Secretary
>Nader 2000
>p: 202-265-4000 * fax: 202-265-0183 * www.votenader.org
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>Paid for by Nader 2000 Primary Committee.
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