News of the Clinton and Obama cosponsorships broke close to the same time as several North Carolina manufacturing CEOs and representatives from UNITE HERE and the AFL-CIO were holding a joint telephone press conference call to urge all candidates to spell out their plans to restore the health of U.S. manufacturing, a sector that has lost almost 3.5 million jobs, including more than 211,000 in North Carolina since 2001.
At the event, participants called for passage for stong anti-currency manipualtion legislation. The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition also released a comprehensive report on North Carolina jobs and manufacturing in conjunction with the event.
Participants in this morning's North Carolina press event included:
• Allen Gant, CEO, Glen Raven Inc. -- GLEN RAVEN (BURLINGTON / GREENSBORO)
• Harris Raynor, Southern Regional Vice President of UNITE HERE
• Anderson Warlick, President & CEO, Parkdale Inc. -- GASTONIA
• Bob Baugh, Director of Industrial Unions of the AFL-CIO
• Jason Copland, President & CEO, Copland Industries -- BURLINGTON
• Steve Rotman, President, Ameritech Die & Mold, Inc. -- MOORESVILLE
• Pat McFadden, Director of Governmental Affairs, Nucor -- CHARLOTTE
• Amy Daugherty, Owner, Miami Thread -- DREXEL (MORGANTON / ASHEVILLE)
• Robert Earnhardt, President, Superior Tooling Inc. -- WAKE FOREST (Raleigh)
• AMTAC - Auggie Tantillo, Executive Director
• American Mold Builders Assoc. - Shannon Merrill
• Coalition for a Prosperous America - Charles Blum
• National Council of Textile Organizations - Cass Johnson, President
• National Textile Association - Karl Spilhaus, President
• Wiley Rein LLP, Eileen P. Bradner, Partner
American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition
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