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DESCRIPTION:MEDIA ADVISORY for Friday, April 9   Clergy, Grocery Workers Congregate for 
 Interfaith Services   Where: Park, 14th and Broadway, Oakland     When: 
 Friday, April 9 - 1 pm     Who: Rev. Dale Edmondson, Interim Pastor, First 
 Baptist Church of     Oakland     Rev. Michael Yoshii, Pastor, Buena Vista 
 United Methodist Church,     Alameda     Rev. Israel Alvaran, United 
 Methodist Church, Graduate Theological     Union     [April 7]--Local 
 clergy will hold interfaith services on Friday, April 9 for grocery workers 
 who face contract negotiations in Northern California this fall. In 
 recognition of the particular hardships grocery workers in northern 
 California could face this year, clergy of diverse faiths will join 
 community leaders and workers to support their struggle to save health 
 care. This service is one of eight being held in counties throughout the 
 Bay Area.     "These are dark times when the burden of rising health care 
 costs is passed on to working families who can little afford it," said Rev. 
 Carol Been, clergy organizer for the National Interfaith Committee for 
 Worker Justice. "It is appropriate that during Passover and Holy Week we 
 remember that every generation has those who oppress and every generation 
 has God working to set us free."     "There are 300,000 grocery workers 
 across the country who are fighting for healthcare for their families this 
 year," said Judy Goff, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Central Labor Council 
 of Alameda County, AFL-CIO. "Alameda County labor honors their struggle and 
 their faith, and pledges our support to economic justice for workers."     
 The services being held on Friday mark the continuation of a partnership 
 between the interfaith community and grocery workers. In January, religious 
 leaders led a pilgrimage to Steve Burd's home to appeal to his faith to 
 return to the bargaining table during the southern California grocery 
 strike.   \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/08/34983.php
SUMMARY:Clergy, Grocery Workers Congregate for Interfaith Services
LOCATION:Park, 14th and Broadway, Oakland 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/08/34983.php
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