Guest guest Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 _http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=13866241 & content_ dir=ua_congressorg & mailid=custom_ (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=13866241 & content_dir=\ ua_congressorg & mailid=custom) TOXIC BROWNFIELD INJURES MOVIE STUDIO AND KAISER EMPLOYEES DOWNEY WORKERS CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION Salem-News.com Aug-10-2009 (LOS ANGELES)~~~ Group Says Downey Studios is a Dangerous Toxic Waste Dump _http://Salem-News.com/articles/august102009/downey_presse..._ (http://salem-news.com/articles/august102009/downey_presser_810-09.php) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ ~~~~THE INJURED WORKERS FROM DOWNEY STUDIOS AND KAISER PERMENENTE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2009 AT 4:00 PM AT THE LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB, 4773 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, HOLLYWOOD, CA 90027~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ ~~Injured and ill-treated workers will come together to speak out against the injustices they say they faced as employees of Downey Studios and Kaiser Permanente Downey. They will be discussing California and Federal legislators who have been aware of the problem for years, but have declined to act~~~~~Downey Studios and Kaiser Permenente Hospital were built on land previously owned by NASA with many known toxic chemicals in the soil~~~~~~The developer of the land, International Risk Group (IRG), specializes in redeveloping brownfields throughout the US. On July 27, 2009, their CFO was INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. _http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/news/news_item_T3_R1464.htm..._ (http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/news/news_item_T3_R1464.htm~~~~~) Recent Los Angeles Times reports have brought the tragic story of the injured Downey workers and how many have been threatened into silence to the forefront of the public attention. _http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-downey2-2009aug0..._ (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-downey2-2009aug02,0,6357142,full.sto ry~~~~) Contact: Steve Zeltzer (415) 867-0628 lvpsf@... www.workersmemorialday.org Take Action Now! Enter Your Zip Code: powered by _Capitol Advantage_ (http://capitoladvantage.com/) ©2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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