08.12.09~4PM~Press Conference~Downey Injured Movie/Kaiser Workers~LA Press Club

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8/12 LA Press Conference With Downey Injured Movie/Kaiser Workers-At LA

Press Club

Wednesday August 12, 2009 4:00 PM

Los Angeles Press Club

4773 Hollywood Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90027-5333

Downey Injured Movie/Kaiser Workers Speak Out About Toxic Dump Site

Disaster

On Wednesday August 12, 2009 at 4:00 PM at the Los Angeles Press Club

injured workers will be speaking out about their injuries and struggle for

healthcare and justice at the privatized Brownfield Downey Toxic Dump site. The

former military/NASA site was supposed to be properly cleaned up by the

developer Stuart Lichter but this was not done and as a result of this, many

injured workers from the Downey Studios, Dreamworks Studio and the Downey

Kaiser Hospital Complex have been seriously sickened by the toxins,

dangerous chemicals and molds at the site.

These workers included members of IATSE Local 44, LIUNA 724 and SEIU UHW

as well as other unions at the toxic site.

These workers will report on their injuries and their effort to have

Ca-OSHA, the EPA and other government agencies to properly supervise health and

safety protection and the clean-up after the transfer of this NASA

government site to private interests.

There will also be a report on the ongoing Strategic Lawsuit Against

Public Participation SLAPP filed by Stuart Lichter against injured workers

and advocates of injured workers to silence them about their injuries and the

dangers of the Downey toxic dump.

Evidence will be presented that show that many government officials and

elected officials including Congressman Henry Waxman, Senators Feinstein and

Boxer, Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown and

Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner have been provided with the information

and refused to either meet with the workers and or investigate the serious

health hazards.

This also has national implications since these privatized Brownfield

toxic sites have been spread throughout the country and similar health care

problems have surfaced at sites owned by Stuart Lichter and other toxic site

developers.

Injured workers and their advocates are calling for national Congressional

Hearings on the privatization of highly toxic Brownfield sites and how

this program has impacted workers, veterans and communities.

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times provided information about some

of the workers who will be speaking at this press conference.

_http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-downey2-2009aug02,0,5980999.story_

(http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-downey2-2009aug02,0,5980999.story)

_http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august022009/downey_exposure_8-2-09.php_

(http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august022009/downey_exposure_8-2-09.php)

_http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/_ (http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/)

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(http://letsintroduceourselves.us/wordpress/)

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