ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) will go for their first Take Back Labor
Day Festival today, September 1st, at the foundation of the Republican National
Convention. The festival will lionize workers and promote a new vision
for the 21st Century.
Events begin at noontide at Harriet Island Regional Park with a family line area
and other activities. The concert, from thirty-seven p.m., will feature The
Pharcyde, Mos Def, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Atmosphere, Billy Bragg,
and Tom Morello & friends. SEIU leaders Andy Stern and Anna Burger,
progressive syndicated talk show host Thom Hartmann, and others.
There will be a 2 p.m. press group discussion with performers and SEIU
members and leadership who will be usable for interviews until 3 p.m.
Tickets ar available for $10 through Ticketmaster or on situation at the
concert for $15.
Go to hTTP://www.takebacklaborday.com for updated information.
About the Artists:
-- Allison Moorer is an Academy Award and Grammy Award nominative singer
songwriter whose 2008 album, Mockingbird, was released to critical acclaim.
-- Atmosphere is a Minneapolis Hip-Hop twain. Their lately released
album is, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.
-- Billy Bragg, a British rocker and Grammy-nominated family line musician set
new music to live Woody Guthrie lyrics, recorded with Wilco.
-- Mos Def is an actor and Grammy-nominated musician most recently seen
alongside Jack Black in the plastic film, Be Kind Rewind. With 5 rap albums, he is
illustrious for popularizing Hip-Hop that stresses socially conscious themes.
-- Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade in 2007 earned him his
second Grammy Award. He hosts the Sirius Satellite Radio program Hardcore
Troubadour Radio, and was featured in HBO's, The Wire.
-- Tom Morello lately spent a day as a kid care provider working
with SEIU members. He appears with Bruce Springsteen on a new live EP
performing "Ghost of Tom Joad." His solo album, The Fabled City, will be
released this September.
-- The Pharcyde is a legendary alternative rap collective from Los
Angeles. This performance will feature film all the original members: Imani,
Slimkid3, Bootie Brown, and Fatlip.
With 2 1000000 members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico,
SEIU is the fastest-growing union in the Americas, uniting workers in
health care, public services and belongings services.
More information
Tuesday 2 September 2008
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