Senator Edwards speaks of "One America" where we will once again "value work in this country." A crowd of more than 7,000 in Springfield, Missouri agreed when Edwards suggested America should create new and better jobs at home rather than providing incentives to those who "outsource" US jobs to other shores.

Officers and members of UTU Local 303 in Springfield, Missouri join several thousand who heard Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards speak at a rally on the Southwest Missouri State University campus August 15, 2004.