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A Coalition in Virginia Is Fighting What It Calls Greenpeace's 'Unfounded Attacks' Against Mercury Paper
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AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY - VIRGINIA AND THE VIRGINIA TEA
PARTY PATRIOT FEDERATION ARE AMONG THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE FOUNDED THE COALITION TO PROTECT VIRGINIA JOBS--A NEW
PROJECT THAT'S COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS
AGAINST WHAT IT BELIEVES ARE UNFOUNDED ATTACKS BY OUT-OF-STATE
ACTIVIST-GROUPS, LIKE GREENPEACE. AUDREY
BERKSHIRE JACKSON IS AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY'S VIRGINIA
STATE-DIRECTOR, AND A FOUNDING-MEMBER OF THE COALITION...
(JACKSON):
"GREENPEACE'[S]
HISTORY IS LITTERED WITH ECONOMIC COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. NOW, THE
ACTIVIST-GROUP HAS VIRGINIA IN ITS CROSSHAIRS. GREENPEACE IS
BULLYING LEADING-RETAILERS FOR OFFERING AMERICAN-CONSUMERS HIGH-QUALITY,
LOW-COST PRODUCTS [THAT ARE] MADE BY VIRGINIA'S OWN 'MERCURY PAPER
COMPANY'. THE MORE THAN 150 JOBS--AND OVER 21-MILLION
[DOLLARS]--[THAT] THE PAPER-MANUFACTURER HAS BROUGHT TO OUR STATE ARE
NOW AT STAKE."
(BRIDGE):
THE COALITION'S MEMBERS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO PURSUE A SHARED GOAL:
STAVING OFF JOB-LOSS AND OTHER ECONOMIC-FALLOUT, BY PREVENTING
RETAILERS--RANGING FROM COSTCO TO KROGER--FROM
SUCCUMBING TO WHAT THE COALITION CALLS EXTREMIST-DEMANDS THAT HAVE BEEN
ISSUED BY GROUPS SUCH AS GREENPEACE. MARK LLOYD IS THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE VIRGINIA TEA PARTY PATRIOT FEDERATION...
(LLOYD):
"THIS IS AN
ACTIVIST-ATTACK ON VIRGINIA'S WORKING-CLASS. THE NUMBER OF WORKERS
IN VIRGINIA'S MANUFACTURING-SECTOR HAS DROPPED BY NEARLY 50-PERCENT, IN
THE PAST 20 YEARS. IF WAL-MART, KROGER, AND OTHER RETAILERS
CAVE TO THE 'GREEN ELITE', WE WILL LOSE EVEN MORE WELL-PAYING JOBS FOR
VIRGINIAN-WORKERS. VIRGINIANS MUST URGE OUR ELECTED-OFFICIALS NOT
TO TOLERATE ATTEMPTS, BY GREENPEACE, TO DRIVE BUSINESSES FROM THE
COMMONWEALTH."
(CLOSE):
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"PROTECT-V-A-JOBS"-DOT-ORG.
