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Democratic Party presidential candidates will appear in a forum on health care issues at the Convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union: Thursday, July 31, 2003 Noon-5 p.m. Moscone Center (South) - San Francisco The forum will take place on an open stage with a roving chairman, Bill Press, of MSNBC's "Buchanan and Press," posing questions from workers in the audience to the candidates seated in director's chairs on stage. The backdrop will be a convention hall filled with 5,000 rank and file delegates. Confirmed participants are Dean, Gephardt, Kucinich, Mosley-Braun. Kerry & Edwards (via satellite). SCHEDULE: 12:00 p.m. Pre-Forum Press briefing (Room 202 in Moscone Center) on health care issues featuring "Behind The Numbers in The Health Care Crisis" Among those participating will be a Wal-Mart worker without insurance, workers currently on strike for affordable health care, and health care workers. 2:30-4 p.m. Forum in main meeting hall. Candidates will field questions submitted by delegates in advance. 4-5 p.m. Post-forum press availability at the discretion of the candidates in Room 202. Please arrive no later than 2:00 p.m. to pick up credentials in Press Room on Mezzanine. TV cameras will NOT be permitted in the convention hall. A mult box will be available to pull video and audio feed from UFCW cameras. THE SPONSOR: The 1.4 million-member United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) represents grocery store clerks, food processors and health care workers. The majority of UFCW members now have employer-paid health insurance - but the health care cost crisis, along with competition from employers who do not provide insurance threatens to destroy the employment-based health care system. |
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| The 1.3 million member United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is America's neighborhood union representing workers in neighborhood grocery stores across the country. UFCW puts dinner on the table for America's families with members working in meatpacking and food processing. |
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