[CPEO-BIF] Rally demands reconstruction jobs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Speakers decry out-of-state firms in La. 
Demonstrators demand bigger share of reconstruction work 

By MARK F. BONNER
2 the Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
October 30, 2005
 
Upwards of 500 people rallied at the State Capitol Saturday, where
national labor organizers, civil rights leaders and Louisiana state
officials demanded a larger share of the reconstruction effort from the
federal government in the aftermath of a catastrophic hurricane season.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco and the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton took
turns calling for Louisiana to gain a priority in jobs and contracts, as
well as better wages, job training and access to affordable housing.

"Unfortunately, some Louisiana workers are not doing enough of the
work," Blanco told the crowd. "We are not earning enough of the federal
dollars that have poured into Louisiana."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/103005/new_demonstration001.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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