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WASHINGTON - July 22 - Join us at the first ever Trade Summit at the Convention and hear from Members of Congress and leaders of the followihg organizations about how a fair approach to trade can decide this election. AFL-CIO, Friends of the Earth, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, National Family Farm Coalition, National Farmers Union, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, Sierra Club, United Steelworkers of America Trade Summit at the Convention Tuesday July 27 2-5 p.m. Old West United Methodist Church 131 Cambridge Street (4 blocks from Fleet Center) 2:00 p.m. panel: The Honorable Sherrod Brown (Representative from Ohio) The Honorable Jesse Jackson Jr. (Representative from Illinois) The Honorable Hilda Solis (Representative from California) James Hoffa, President International Brotherhood of Teamsters Dave Frederickson, President, National Farmers Union Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth 3:30 p.m. panel: The Honorable Marcy Kaptur (Representative from Ohio) Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO Leo Gerard, President, United Steelworkers of America Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Larry Fahn, President, Sierra Club Ralph Paige, Executive Director, Federation of Southern Cooperatives Gail Kinney, Board, Americans for Democratic Action The Trade Summits at the Conventions are sponsored by the Citizens Trade Campaign, a national coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups working together for social and envionmental justic in U.S. trade policy. ###
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