SEIU President Andy Stern Coming to Iowa
By Terrance Heath
SEIU
President, and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on
Track, Andy Stern is visiting Iowa, and several other states, for a
series of events as presidential candidates gear up for the upcoming
primaries. Andy's been in featured in the Washington Post and Wall
Street Journal recently, discussing health care and other issues facing
working Americans.
I don't
have to tell you that presidential campaigns will soon descend on Iowa
in earnest. Several candidates, announced and all-but-announced have
already made visits. Andy is coming to Iowa to talk to people there
about the “pocketbook issues” that concern many Americans — saving for
retirement, paying for health care, and having a job and a paycheck
that helps make ends meet. Andy's not just encouraging Iowans to talk
to candidates about these issues, he's encouraging candidates to spend
a day working side-by-side with regular working people so they can get
a sense of what it's like to struggle with those issues day to day.
He's also “walking his talk” by spending time working alongside SEIU
members in Iowa.
Andy
will be appearing at events in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Des Moines,
and I'm hoping you'll be able attend an event near you. The events in
Iowa include:
* Cedar Rapids; Sunday, January 28, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – A Community Conversation at the home of Rep. Ro Foege
* Iowa City; Monday, January 29, 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM – Breakfast with Cathy Singer-Glasson at the Hamburg Inn
* Iowa City; Monday, January 29, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Walk a Day in My Shoes
* Iowa City, Monday, January 29, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Book Reading at Prairie Lights Books
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