AN INVITATION FOR PHILLY AREA KOSSACKS
USW Local 10-1 is proud to present "An Evening With Charles Kernaghan." Charles who? Charles Kernaghan. Better known simply as Charlie. Or, if you prefer, The Man Who Made Kathie Lee Cry. Charlie Kernaghan is internationally known (and internationally despised) as the Executive Director of the National Labor Committee.
Wednesday August 13, 2008 -- 6 PM
Chichester Avenue, Linwood, PA
This is an open invitation for all Kossacks.
more after the jump...
Not many people in this world have done more to bring an end to the human suffering brought to workers in the global economy than Charles Kernaghan. He is the executive director of the National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights. Charles Kernaghan is the world's foremost expert on sweatshops and child labor. Besides exposing the fact that Kathie Lee Gifford's Wal Mart clothing line was made by children in Central American sweatshops, he has also taken on companies like Nike, Gap, Kohl's, JC Penney, Alcoa, Toyota, Mattel and many others and has forced them to change the ways in which they treat their workers. Also, Kernaghan's partnership with the USW has helped end human trafficking and 21st century slavery in Jordan for tens of thousands of workers making products for the U.S. marketplace.
"Because of Charlie' s crusades... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives in sweatshops, who are denied the right to join or form a union in order to fight back a provide a better life for their families."
-- AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
Wednesday August 13, 2008 -- 6 PM
Chichester Avenue, Linwood, PA
Invited Special Guests Include Several Local Elected Officials and Candidates
Confirmed Attendance:
PA State Representative Bryan R. Lentz
PA State Representative (and Kossack) Mark B. Cohen
PA State Senate Candidate John Linder (9th Senate District)
Directions To Union Hall:
From Philadelphia and North:
Take I-95 South to Exit 2 (Route 452). Make a left at the end of the exit on to Rt. 452 (Market St). Follow Market Street to first traffic light and make a right on to Laughead Ave. At the first stop sign, make a left on to Huddel Ave. On Huddel Ave, go straight through first traffic light at Chichester Ave. Immediately after the light, you will come to a stop sign. Make a left at the stop sign on to Palmer Drive (Palmer Drive is an alleyway). The Union Hall will be the stone building on your right at the end of Palmer Drive.
From Wilmington and South:
Take I-95 North to Exit 1 (Chichester Ave). Make a right at the end of the exit on to Chichester Ave. Follow Chichester Ave to the first traffic light and make a right on to Huddel Ave. Immediately after making the right, you will come to a stop sign. Make a left at the stop sign on to Palmer Drive (Palmer Drive is an alleyway). The Union Hall will be the stone building on your right at the end of Palmer Drive.