Antiwar Grp Connects Publix Markets to War & Economy
ANTIWAR GROUP TO CONNECT PUBLIX CUTBACKS TO WAR AND ECONOMY
Local Peace Group to Protest Job and
Benefit Cutbacks in Front of
SuperPublix Store, Commercial Way,
Spring Hill, Sat., Feb. 20th, 10:30 AM
Spring Hill, Florida, Tuesday, February 15, 2010: The NatureCoast Coalition for Peace and Justice, will conduct an antiwar demonstration this coming Saturday in front of a Super Publix store in Spring Hill in an effort to relate employee loss of jobs and health benefit cutbacks directly to America’s costly wars and fractured economy.
The group plans to hold signs of protest adjacent to U.S. Highway 19, Commercial Way, directly in front of the Publix Super Market parking lot, located at 4365 Commercial Way, in Spring Hill, FL 34606-1917. Tel: (352) 597-8506. The protestors will position themselves between the “Steak and Shake” Restaurant and “Duncan Dounuts,” on the grassy knoll facing both the parking lot and U.S. Highway 19, so that both visitors to the store, plus passersby on the highway, will see their signs. Time: 10:30 AM to 12 noon.
Brian Moore, spokesperson for the peace group, stated that recent newspaper articles in the business sections of the local newspapers reported that Publix has initiated a new policy for 2010 that “part-time employees will no longer be eligible for health benefits due to the company’s high increases in premiums received from its health insurance company the last two years.”
Moore said the war and our country’s poor economy “continue to take its toll on our local citizens and workers, especially the most vulnerable.” He said the antiwar group will attempt to educate the public as to how the ongoing wars, and the deteriorating economy, are hurting Americans, especially our neighbors and fellow citizens.”
Coalition Deaths in Iraq: 4,694
Coalition Deaths in Afghanistan: 1,642
Coalition Wounded: 37,000
Civilian deaths: between one and two million people
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