Ben Lilienfield, 36, of Baytown, TX, is a married father of an eight year old boy. Lilienfield, who was the MC at the Little Rock, AR, “Keep it Made in America” rally, says that everything he does he is doing for his son’s future. 
A member of the United Steel Workers for 15 years, Lilienfield is currently the Rapid Response Coordinator for USW District 13. While his role is to help educate USW’s membership about upcoming legislation that would help steel workers and the auto industry, Ben also tries to mobilize the membership into actions such as letter writing campaigns and attending rallies.
But because of the dire economic conditions and the difficulty people are having trying to find a job, Ben says that it has been harder to find and retain activists.
People are no longer calling him up to say “Hey, what can I do to help?” or “What can I do to help keep jobs in America?” Instead, Ben is hearing over and over, “Do you know anything about jobs? Where can I find a job?”
