Alliance Rubber Company Sponsors Arkansas Premiere of Peter Navarro's Documentary "Death By China" On Manufacturing Day (October 5)
Film discusses the need for trade reform with China, such as rules limiting trade with countries that do not follow international labor standards for wages and hours worked.
(Hot Springs, Ark.) As part of its Manufacturing Day festivities, an event celebrated by manufacturers across the United States in early October, Alliance Rubber Company will go beyond the customary "manufacturing tour" traditionally offered to the public and sponsor the Arkansas Premiere of Peter Navarro's manufacturing film, "Death by China."
The movie premiere, scheduled for October 5, will be held at Market Street Cinema, located at 1506 Market Street in Little Rock, Arkansas.
"Alliance Rubber Company is pleased to be working with Jim Lilly, one of the leading manufacturing consultants in the state of Arkansas, in this important event, which we hope will facilitate needed public debate integral to the future success of our manufacturing facilities in the United States," Bonnie Swayze, President of Alliance Rubber Company, said.
Manufacturing officials from across the state as well as the film's producer Greg Autry will be present for the premiere. A special forum, featuring Autry and other key speakers as well as interactive audience discussion, will immediately follow the film's screening.
"I am proud to be invited to Little Rock on Manufacturing Day to discuss the future of America and job creation. America's economy has always been built on the handwork of the Americans that make things. Alliance Rubber Company and thousands of other small and medium business are the backbone of our nation and the engine of our recovery," Autry said. "I hope everyone will find the time to watch our movie and gain a better understanding of how our consumer and policy choices that have been harmful to American manufacturing threaten the future of all Americans and the world."
The writer of the film, Business Professor Peter Navarro, who works at the University of California-Irvine, says he created the movie to emphasis how the U.S. is losing its ability to compete in manufacturing "...because of China's illegal production subsidies."
"In 2001 we let China into our markets here in the United States and, since that time, we've shut down over 50,000 factories, lost 6 million manufacturing jobs," Novarro said. "We've got 25 million people in this country that can't find a decent job, and we now owe $3 trillion to the world's largest totalitarian nation."
He hopes the film will encourage reform and stimulate recovery. Learn more about Navarro's work by visiting www.deathbychina.com. The film, which will run October 5-12 at Market Street Cinema, is 79 minutes in length. Learn more by visiting www.marketstreetcinema.net/. RSVP for the premiere by visiting rubberband.com (very limited seating available).
About Alliance Rubber Company
Since 1923, Alliance Rubber Company has been dedicated to "Holding Your World Together." The company has grown into a global leader with over 2,100 skus of mailing, shipping, office, and packaging products sold through dealers in 28 countries. Under the current leadership of Bonnie Swayze, president, Alliance continues its long history of innovation. Pioneering the women's entrance into the boardroom, Bonnie was the first female board member of the Wholesale Stationers Association, and has served on the WBENC board and other HUB organizations. Winners of the 2012 NIST Innovation Award, learn more about Alliance by visiting www.rubberband.com or telephone 800- 626-5940.
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