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Day of Action: Tim Kacena for Iowa House District 14.

 Saturday October 22nd, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.  

HAWKEYE LABOR COUNCIL
Jason J. “Jay” Larson (IAM) United Way of East Central Iowa 317 7th Avenue, SE, Ste. #401 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 (319) 398-5372 Ext. 16
Cell: (319) 431-0184
Fax: (319) 398-5381
jlarson@uweci.org
 

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material. 

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Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.