Congressmen and Missouri Governor to join thousands impacted by auto rescue package this Sunday, 2 p.m.
As the deadlines for the short-term rescue package for the American auto industry loom, Congressman Cleaver will join the United Auto Workers and the Automobile Dealers Association at a “Save Our Jobs Rally.” The Rally will begin at 2 p.m., Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Penn Valley Community College Gym, 3201 Southwest Trafficway in Kansas City, Mo.
Thousands of residents from both sides of the state line will convene to stress the impact auto manufacturing has on the region. Congressman Dennis Moore (KS-3) and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will lend their voices of support at the rally.
“The global financial crisis is crippling the availability of credit for the automakers, their suppliers, their dealers and consumers,” said Congressman Cleaver. “As our local auto plants extend their work stoppages, it is quite possible one or more of the domestic automakers could collapse. No one can afford American auto makers going bankrupt, least of all the 7,200 men and women who work at the Fairfax and Claycomo plants, the thousands who work for auto dealers in the area or the tens of thousands of retirees. These are our neighbors, friends and family and they are in trouble.”
“However frustrating things in Washington are right now, they pale in comparison to the insecurity, fear and anxiety being felt by millions of workers who are either standing in the unemployment line or looking for a pink slip with every paycheck. So, while we shake our heads and stomp our feet in the Capitol, our Congressional troubles are trivial compared to the peril faced by far too many we serve. We will hear from the families impacted directly by this terrible economy on Sunday,” said Cleaver.
“Save Our Jobs Rally”
Sunday, February 8, 2009
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Penn Valley Community College Gym,
3201 Southwest Trafficway, Kansas City, Mo.