Safe Jobs save lives, keep the promise alive
Cedar Rapids: April 28, 5:30 pm. IBEW Local 405 Hall, 1211 Wiley Blvd SW. Speakers: Kelly Steinke, President of Hawkeye Labor Council; Paul Iversen, University of Iowa Labor Center and Liz Mathis, Iowa State Senator. Sponsored by the Hawkeye Labor Council. Rick Moyle rmoyle@hawkeyelabor.us or 319-396-8461
Clinton: April 28, 1 pm. Clinton Riverview RV Park (9th ave. north at the beginning of the dike). Speakers: Congressman Dave Loebsack; State Senator Rita Hart; State Representative Mary Wolfe, Clinton City Council, Mayor, Fire Chief and Police Chief have also been invited. Contact Dave Keefer 309-788-4569 or dkeefer@lu25.org.
Des Moines: April 28, 11 am. West Capitol Terrace (west side of Capitol, near Historical Building). Speakers: Commissioner Michael Mauro (Iowa Division of Labor); Director Beth Townsend (Iowa Workforce Development); and Ken Sagar, President of the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO. Sponsored by the South Central Iowa Federation of Labor. Contact Mark Cooper 515-265-1862 or mark@scifl.org
Dubuque: April 28, 5:30 pm, at the Labor Temple (1610 Garfield). Speaker: Ken Sagar, President of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Bruce Clark, President of the Dubuque Federation of Labor. Dubuque Fire Fife and Drums, UAW Color Guard. Mark Cook steel1861@qwestoffice.net or 563-590-8749
Fort Madison/Keokuk: We hung wreathes that said Hero at both Keokuk and Fort Madison Halls then we surrounded them with names of everyone who died to honor them. Contact Gary Mortimer, 319-670-1103 or garydalemo@hotmail.com.
Iowa City: April 28, 12:30 pm at the Iowa City Ped Mall. (Fountain Plaza) Ceremony. Contact Jesse Case, 319-361-3212 or jcase@iowalabor.com.
Quad Cities: April 28, 11:30 am. USW Local 105 Union Hall, 880 Devils Glen Road, Bettendorf, IA. Sponsored by the Quad Cities Federation of Labor. Contact Joshua Schipp 309-738-6536 or schipp.joshua@gmail.com.
Sioux City: Northwest Iowa labor council will have an event at the UFCW local 222 hall at 7:00 pm. Mac Smith will be speaking. Contact Rick Scott, 712-898-4915 or atulocal779@gmail.com
Waterloo: April 28, 5:30 pm. Black Hawk Labor Temple, 1695 Burton Ave. Waterloo. Charlie Wishman, Secretary/Treasurer Iowa Federation of Labor, and others, will speak at the event. There will be other activities to honor those killed on the job.
