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Greetings, Vote "YES" Rally and Prayer Vigil For the Philadelphia Security Officers Union October 7, 2009 5:15 pm - 5:45 pm On the westside the Philadelphia Museum of Art in front of the Social Conciousness Statue
Cecelia Lynch, museum guard, a founder and leader of the PSOU
This Friday and Saturday, the security guards at the Philadelphia Museum of Art have the chance to reverse a historic injustice. The men and women who protect our city's most precious cultural heritage have been working for poverty wages since their jobs were privatized by then Mayor Ed Rendell in 1992. Overnight, the jobs of the guards went from unionized jobs with good wages and benefits to low-paying jobs. Now, after nearly two decades, the security guards are fighting back. They have choosen to do the nearly impossible. They have choosen to organize their own independent union, the Philadelphia Security Officers Union (PSOU).
"I am encouraged to see such courage in our city... show everyone how to stand up and get things done" US Congressman Robert Brady in a letter to guards Read more here http://www.divshare.com/download/8781040-12d Please show your support by joining us for this prayer vigil with PSOU leaders and the Bishop Dwayne Royster of Living Water UCC. We are in the final push to victory! Help JwJ get 100 activists admission into the museum to organize! Click here: https://secure.ga3.org/08/PhillyDonate $100 = 5 organizers, $80 = 4 organizers, $60 = 3 organizers
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