SEIU's Rock Concert to Take Back Labor Day at RNC

Events begin at noon at Harriet Island Regional Park with a family area and other activities. The concert, from 3-7 p.m., will feature The Pharcyde, Mos Def, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Atmosphere, Billy Bragg, and Tom Morello & friends. SEIU leaders Andy Stern and Anna Burger, progressive syndicated talk show host Thom Hartmann, and others.

There will be a 2 p.m. press conference with performers and SEIU members and leaders who will be available for interviews until 3 p.m.

Tickets are available for $10 through Ticketmaster or on site the day of the concert for $15.

    Go to http://www.takebacklaborday.com for updated information.

    About the Artists:

    --  Allison Moorer is an Academy Award and Grammy Award nominated singer
        songwriter whose 2008 album, Mockingbird, was released to critical
        acclaim.

    --  Atmosphere is a Minneapolis Hip-Hop duo. Their recently released album

        is, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.

    --  Billy Bragg, a British rocker and Grammy-nominated folk musician set
        new music to unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyrics, recorded with Wilco.

    --  Mos Def is an actor and Grammy-nominated musician most recently seen
        alongside Jack Black in the film, Be Kind Rewind. With 5 rap albums,
        he is renowned for popularizing Hip-Hop that stresses socially
        conscious themes.

    --  Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade in 2007 earned him his second

        Grammy Award. He hosts the Sirius Satellite Radio program Hardcore
        Troubadour Radio, and was featured in HBO's, The Wire.

    --  Tom Morello recently spent a day as a child care provider working with

        SEIU members. He appears with Bruce Springsteen on a new live EP
        performing "Ghost of Tom Joad."  His solo album, The Fabled City, will

        be released this September.

    --  The Pharcyde is a legendary alternative rap collective from Los
        Angeles. This performance will feature all the original members:
        Imani, Slimkid3, Bootie Brown, and Fatlip.

With 2 million members inthe United States,Canada andPuerto Rico, SEIU is the fastest-growing union in the Americas. Focused on uniting workers in healthcare, public services and property services, SEIU members are winning better wages, healthcare and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting their strength with their counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers, not just corporations and CEOs, benefit from today's global economy.

SOURCE Service Employees International Union

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