The meeting runs from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Lakes & Plains Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners, 710 Olive St., St. Paul. To RSVP, please call Stacy at 651-290-0240 or e-mail sklein@jobsnowcoalition.org

Baker is co-director of the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of "The Conservative Nanny State" and "Beat the Press," a weekly online expose of economic reporting in the major newspapers.

He will speak on "The Housing Bubble: We Were Warned."

Also at the meeting, JOBS NOW will present its Working Class Heroes awards.

For more information
Visit the JOBS NOW website, www.jobsnowcoalition.org