PROPOSALS TO SAVE THE FORD PLANT

Slated to close in 2011, there is still time to determine what to do with Ford's Twin Cities Asembly Plant and hydro-dam so that union jobs and the two facilities can be saved and the environment will benefit. Members of the workers' movement will present their ideas in a panel discussion.

Speakers will include Alan Maki, Organizer for the Casino, Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Organizing Committee; David Riehle, Local Chairman of the United Transportation Union 650; Michael Wood, an activist in the Coalition for Public Ownership of the Ford Plant and the Gus Hall Action Club; and Christine Frank, Volunteer Coordinator of the Climate Crisis Coalition of the Twin Cities and a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 13, Minneapolis Stagehands. Maki and Frank are the coauthors of "An Appeal to Minnesotans for Public Ownership of the Ford Plant".

The event will take place on Monday, September 22nd at 7:00 PM at Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Avenue South, West Bank, Minneapolis. It is sponsored by the Climate Crisis Coalition of the Twin Cities (3CTC). Preceding the forum, the Monthly Clean-Energy Vigil to Cool Down the Planet will take place out on the plaza at 5:00 PM and the 3CTC Business Meeting is at 6:00 PM. All are welcome. For more information, EMAIL: christinefrank@visi.com or PHONE: 612-879-8937. SAVE MOTHER EARTH! SEE YOU THERE!