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Town Hall Meetings in Troubled Times

Posted by SCapozzola on October 9th, 2008

As the nation’s economic crisis rolls along, AAM is pressing forward with several high-powered Town Hall meetings next week. In both Royal Oak, MI, and Cincinnati, OH, AAM is pulling together panel discussions with trade experts, local business and labor leaders, and elected officials to discuss the need to save U.S. manufacturing jobs and overcome the devastating impact of the U.S. trade deficit.

Both Ohio and Michigan have been hard-hit by manufacturing job losses in the past 8 years, losing more than 243,800 and 279,200 factory jobs respectively since 2000.

The October 13 program at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak—a suburb of Detroit—will include the participation of two United States Senators, Carl Levin (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The panel discussion will feature: Laurie Moncrieff, President, Schmald Tool & Die, Inc., Burton, MI; Bert Phillips, General Manager-Automotive, United States Steel Corporation Auto Center, Troy, MI; Mark Gaffney, President, Michigan AFL-CIO; Michael Bolton, Director, United Steelworkers District 2; and Melissa Damaschke, The Sierra Club.

The October 14 program at the Frisch Theater—part of the Cincinnati Zoo’s educational buildings, will include a panel discussion with: Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing; Doug Sizemore, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council; Bruce Cain, President, Xcel Mold and Machine, Inc.; Representative, Ohio Chapter, American Mold Builder’s Association; and, a representative of the Blue-Green Alliance.

The following week, AAM’s ‘Keep it Made in America’ Town Hall Tour will move on to another key presidential and congressional battleground state where manufacturing job loss has become a key issue, Pennsylvania.

Click here for more information on AAM’s Fall 2008 Town Hall meetings.

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