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***MEDIA ADVISORY***
FOR TOMORROW,
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009
ASSEMBLY MINORITY CONFERENCE AND LOCAL
FARMERS TO DISCUSS NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE
SO-CALLED "FARMWORKERS FAIR LABOR PRACTICES
ACT"
Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb
(R,I,C-Canandaigua), Assemblyman Cliff Crouch (R,I-Guilford), Ranking
Member on the Assembly Agriculture Committee, and their colleagues will
be joined by local farmers, processors and agriculture experts,
TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 9, at 11:45 a.m., in "The Well" of the
Legislative Office Building to discuss the negative economic impact of
the so-called "Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act," (Assembly Bill
A.1867).
The particulars for TOMORROW'S press conference are
as follows:
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WHO:
Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb
(R,I,C-Canandaigua)
Assemblyman Cliff Crouch (R,I-Guilford)
Ranking Member, Assembly Agriculture Committee
Assemblyman Robert C.
Oaks (R,C-Macedon)
Assemblyman Gary D.
Finch (R,C,I-Springport)
Assemblyman Steve Hawley
(R,I,C-Batavia)
Assemblyman Tony Jordan
(R,C-Jackson)
Senator Darrel Aubertine,
Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee
Senator Catharine Young,
Ranker, Senate Agriculture Committee
Eric Ooms, Vice President, NY Farm Bureau
Peter
Ten Eyck, President & Owner, Indian Ladder Farms
Ken Bowman, Owner,
Bowman Orchards
Brian Zheim, Co-Owner,
Tiashoke Farms
Jay
Skellie, Co-Owner, Hi-Brow Farm
Representatives from
Agri-Mark
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WHEN:
TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 9, 2009
11:45 a.m.
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WHERE:
"The Well"
Legislative Office
Building, Albany
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CONTACT:
Joshua Fitzpatrick, (518) 455-3751,
fitzpaj@assembly.state.ny.us
Laurie Ammerman, (518)
455-5073,
ammerml@assembly.state.ny.us
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ALL MEDIA WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
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