| Dave (Dave) | Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 01:48 am
Wednesday September 1st
THE LINE !!!
On the morning of Wed, September 1st, a coalition of groups will be staging a symbolic unemployment line from the financial district to midtown to protest the Bush administration's draconian economic policies. Over 5,000 participants, each holding a pink slip, will form a line stretching from Wall Street up Broadway to 31st Street and then west to the site of the Republican National Convention. THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE will focus public attention on economic policies that have resulted in over 8 million Americans being unemployed and a net loss of over one million jobs since 2001. The event – a brief, silent and potent statement – will take place on September 1, beginning at 813 am and ending at 831 am. (We will assemble earlier.) Our purpose is to bring attention to this important issue, not to create confrontations or hazards. Because the unemployment line will run single file along the sidewalk and will not block pedestrians or intersections, no permit is required; the NYPD has given their okay. THE LINE is being organized by People For the American Way; the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues and Ideas; and New York State AFL-CIO, among others.
Wednesday September 1st
A Real Labor Day Rally
Assembly and Entertainment at 400pm
Join union members from across the country who will be rallying to stop Bush’s misguided priorities and anti-working family policies. This will be a large rally march at
8th Avenue at 30th street – (enter on 23rd street)
We look forward to working with you on these events next week to make a positive and constructive statement about what "our" City thinks about "their" political priorities. |