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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The International Labor Rights Forum and its distinguished Host Committee cordially invite <b>you</b> to celebrate</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Senator Sherrod Brown</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Recipient of the 2015 Labor Rights Defender Award for Visionary Leadership</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>at the</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2015 Labor Rights Defenders Awards </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Wednesday, June 3 | 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><b>National Education Association<br></b>1201 16th Street NW - M Street Entrance</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Washington, DC 20036 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2FheOQTZ9an3biqpaHljeBLgemMfuXZn"><b><span style='color:#339966'>Buy your tickets today!</span></b></a><b> </b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>A long-time advocate for workers’ rights at home and abroad, </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=51c40ZklHhm6%2BE5c0WwssRLgemMfuXZn"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#339966'>Senator Sherrod Brown</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> is our 2015 Labor Rights Defender Awardee for Visionary Leadership. Senator Brown has led the opposition to fast track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the Senate, demanding a trade policy that promotes good jobs at home, while raising labor and environmental standards abroad. He has introduced legislation to strengthen enforcement of our trade laws, including addressing unfair trade practices like currency manipulation and closing an outdated loophole that allowed certain goods made with forced labor to be imported and sold in the United States. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We hope you are just as <b>excited</b> as we are to honor Senator Brown at the 2015 Labor Rights Defenders Awards. Please <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yqmf2jvR1Ky4eRuHSf6OdRLgemMfuXZn"><span style='color:#339966'>purchase your ticket</span></a> or consider supporting ILRF through a <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mggFe3MRanmypnV0IEhTHhLgemMfuXZn"><span style='color:#339966'>sponsorship</span></a> or a </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2GeKDwlhZYApak%2BGppzWaxLgemMfuXZn"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#339966'>tax-deductible contribution</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From our view, Senator Brown's commitment to workers' rights and better trade policies has never been more critical. Please check out <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SDTj1WsVm57fUaA8It4IPBLgemMfuXZn"><span style='color:#339966'>our blog</span></a> on the risks that a <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DnBxyrh%2F8cap6kwz6trlChLgemMfuXZn"><span style='color:#339966'>fast-tracked TPP</span></a> poses for workers in the U.S. and abroad, or <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gnh3UuDvSQEe661uqgi%2FuwySHrweQhlb"><span style='color:#339966'>take action today</span></a>!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Stay tuned for more profiles of our 2015 award recipients -- <b>Farm Labor Organizing Committee</b> and the <b>Tobacco and Allied Workers Union of Malawi --</b> or <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qSvYmd9OCiG7Z05ZoBxARRLgemMfuXZn"><span style='color:#339966'>click here</span></a> to read them now and learn about the <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wr2QsPyHsMZXplD036g8ARLgemMfuXZn"><span style='color:#339966'>companion conference</span></a> happening earlier that day<b>.</b> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In Solidarity,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=130 height=46 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://action.laborrights.org/images/judysignature.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Judy Gearhart</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Executive Director </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>All donations support the International Labor Rights Forum.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scholarships for students and activists are available. 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