MICAH demonstration Nov 23 to save Talgo (train builder jobs)

[HereSince1628]

(Forgot to say this statement was emailed to me by MICAH)

For too long, too many workers in Wisconsin have gone without a family supporting job. But thankfully, over $800 million in federal funds for building high-speed intercity rail across Wisconsin will bring nearly 5,000 construction jobs in just the next couple years. That is, unless governor-elect Scott Walker succeeds in killing the project.

Milwaukee Interfaith Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) will lead a special community vigil on Tuesday to save these jobs, some of which are located at the Talgo high-speed train manufacturing facility in Milwaukee.

When: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
5:00 pm - 6:00pm
Where: Talgo Inc., Milwaukee
3500 N. 27th St., between Townsend and Hopkins
Parking lot on east side of N. 27th across from Talgo

Located on the former A.O. Smith site, which at its peak employed nearly 9,000 mostly African-American area residents, the new Talgo factory symbolizes the potential for revitalized Milwaukee manufacturing and green job growth statewide.

If governor-elect Scott Walker returns the federal funds and cancels the project, Talgo will re-locate in one of many other states building new rail infrastructure, and take 125 jobs with them. The 5,000 construction jobs and 9,500 permanent jobs will go, too.

We can't let the politics of "no" kill high-speed rail and the promise of thousands of new family supporting jobs in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.

[midnight]

1. The location for this train is so perfect. It would be the hope this

area desperately needs....

[dragonlady]

2. Eventually gas will get really expensive

People will be glad to have a high-speed train to get around the country, just as they were glad to have the interstate highway system. By that time Wisconsin will either be way behind on building the link between Chicago and the Twin Cities, or the transportation planners will have given up on us and changed the route to go through Iowa. Then what will become of Wisconsin? Commerce and tourism down the drain.