Fresh Air Vallejo & Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021

Oppose Vallejo Cement Factory Proposal

Pollution and lack of Environmental Justice in South Vallejo neighborhood nearest to proposed
Orcem Americas cement grinding operation top SEIU’s list of concerns.

San Francisco, CA, December 28, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Fresh Air Vallejo, the citizens group working
together for a healthy environment and economy, today announced that the Service Employees
International Union Local 1021 representing over 54,000 employees in local governments, non-profit
agencies, health care programs and schools throughout Northern California, has joined Fresh Air Vallejo
in opposition to the Orcem/VMT cement factory and port proposed for South Vallejo.

“Our members value fresh air, good jobs and environmental justice,” said Sarah Creighton, a Solano
County Eligibility Benefits Specialist. “Local 1021 will continue to fight for working families' right to a
healthy, sustainable future in South Vallejo and across California.”

The Orcem/VMT project, if approved, would place a cement grinding facility and deep-water port in
South Vallejo. Opponents say the project would be too close to homes and a school and would introduce
an unacceptable amount of diesel truck traffic and cement dust into South Vallejo, a neighborhood
already impacted by pollution.

“Fresh Air Vallejo wholeheartedly supports SEIU 1021's position in favor of a healthy, vibrant Vallejo
and against the pollution and social injustice the Orcem/VMT project would bring to our community,”
said Peter Brooks, president of Fresh Air Vallejo. “We are thrilled that SEIU 1021 has taken a stand
against the injustice of putting a cement factory and port into South Vallejo a low-income, minority
neighborhood already suffering from the ill effects of industrial pollution.”

The environmental impact report for the Orcem/VMT project reveals that over 500 big-rig diesel trucks
per day could use the facility traveling on a single road through a residential neighborhood. If put into
operation, the cement factory's smokestack would be about 1,320 feet from Grace Patterson Elementary
School downwind from the proposed facility, said Brooks.

With today's announcement, the SEIU Local 1021 joins opponents of the project including the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 and the Sierra Club as well as nearly 60
neighborhood groups and Bay Area organizations.

For More Information:

Timothy Gonzales, Area Director, North Central Region
530-604-6465
timothy.gonzales@seiu1021.org

Gabriel Harland, Political Organizer

415-717-8305

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Gabriel.haaland@seiu1021.org

Peter Brooks, President, Fresh Air Vallejo

415-425-4225
peterjbrooks@msn.com

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Contact Information:
Fresh Air Vallejo
Peter Brooks
415-425-4225
Contact via Email
www.FreshAirVallejo.com
Gabriel Harland, Political Organizer
415-717-8305
Gabriel.haaland@seiu1021.org

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