Labor Day Concert Honors Working People (Willie Nelson, Danny Glover)

[Shallah Kali]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040907/ap_en_mu/reinvest_in_america_1

"We're talking about the need for a livable wage," Glover said. "We're talking about real benefits like health care coverage."

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"Working people have seen the richest 1 percent get the tax breaks," he said. "They've seen a jobless recovery. They've seen the outsourcing of jobs. They've seen wages falling."

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites) and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition helped bring Monday's concert to Charleston. In his speech to the crowd, Jackson hammered home the job losses, drop in wages and rise in the poverty level during the past several years. West Virginia ranks last in median income, sixth for the percentage of residents living in poverty and was among 20 states with increases in the percentage of residents without health insurance coverage, the latest Census data shows.


"Workers must rally, and this time workers in Appalachia must vote their economic interests and not vote their fears," Jackson said.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. Except for you thread and the yahoo story

labor day barely got a mention in the press.

[shanti]

2. kick

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[bobbieinok]

3. great soundbite

...this time workers in Appalachia must vote their economic interests and not vote their fears," Jackson said.