Nov 13, 2011

WALL STREET: The Great Jobs Killer

Tue, Nov 29, 2011 7pm
5100 Cherry, Kansas City, MO · Cost: 0

Spread the word!
WALL STREET: The Great Jobs Killer
Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00 pm
UMKC Student Union Theater—5100 Cherry KCMO
Speakers:

William Black, white-collar criminologist, former financial regulator,
author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. Featured in the Michael
Moore documentary Capitalism: A Love Story and;

Jeff Wright, president, UAW Local 249 at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant

Sponsored by the Jobs Now! Coalition, UMKC Economics Club,
UMKC College Democrats, the Institute for Labor Studies,
and United Autoworkers Local 249
Find us on facebook at Jobs Now! Add your signature to the Letter From the American Heartland online at
http://heartlandletter.blogspot.com/

Judy Ancel, Director
The Institute for Labor Studies
The University of Missouri-Kansas City
211 Haag Hall
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
office: Royall Hall 408D
816-235-1470
fax: 816-235-2834
web: http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed

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