Greetings,
Labor Action News and Notes October 27, 2009
In This Edition:
-Canvassing, Calling, VOTING!
-Support Newburgh Police
-LERA Dinner Meeting Reminder
-Event: The Hidden Truths of Health Reform
-Immigration Study Finds Workers’ Rights Compromised
-Mark Your Calendars
Canvassing, Calling, VOTING!
Thanks again to everyone who helped us on our Labor to Labor Walks this weekend in Ulster and Beacon. We braved the wind and rain to knock on doors for Nick Woerner’s Town of Ulster Supervisor race and for Ron Ray’s Dutchess County District 18 Legislative race.
WE HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY! We’re in the final stretch and there remains much to do! We still need volunteers for phones and for this weekend’s canvasses:
Saturday, October 31st: Chris Cerone in Ulster County for his Town of Marlborough Supervisor race.
Saturday, October 31st: One Walk for Dutchess Legislative candidates Gretchen Lieb and Rick Cerino, and another Walk for Dutchess Legislative candidate Jim Doxsey and Town of Poughkeepsie candidate Ron Diaz. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MEETING PLACES FOR THESE WALKS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
Sunday, November 1st: One Walk for Dutchess Legislative candidates Gretchen Lieb and Rick Cerino, and another Walk for Dutchess Legislative candidate Jim Doxsey and Town of Poughkeepsie candidate Ron Diaz. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MEETING PLACES FOR THESE WALKS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
Sunday, November 1st: Town of Ulster Supervisor candidate Rick Woerner.
SATURDAY WALKS BEGIN AT 9:30AM. SUNDAY WALKS BEGIN AT 1:00PM. Please contact us for more information on the walks and to sign up: (845)567-7760.
ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 3RD! REMEMBER TO VOTE!
Support Newburgh Police
Last week we sent out an alert concerning the struggle that the Newburgh Police Department is facing. Proposed budget cuts within the City of Newburgh will mean that at least 15 positions within the Police Department will either be demoted or eliminated. Newburgh is one of the most dangerous cities in New York and the city cannot face such a compromise. If you haven’t already participated, please click on the link below to send a message to those in Newburgh who have the power to make sure that the Newburgh doesn’t become even more unsafe.
Please support the members of the PSOA and PBA unions, it only takes 30 seconds to send the message!
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/newburghpolice
In addition, a public hearing for the 2010 budget will be held on Monday, November 9th at the Activity Center in Newburgh on Washington Street, at 7:00pm.
LERA Meeting Dinner Reminder
The Hudson Valley Chapter of LERA will
host a dinner meeting on Tuesday, November 10th at
5:30pm. The meeting will focus on “Partnerships for
Working Families” and is an opportunity for the labor
community to learn more about the topic. We will be joined by
Kate Atkins, Director of the Garden State
Alliance for a New Economy (GANE). Kate has a tremendous amount
of experience working with progressive groups that have taken
the lead in community and labor organizing. The evening will
provide the opportunity for the labor community in the Hudson
Valley to learn from Kate's experience in an intimate and
collegial setting and to build a path for the
future.
All are welcome and
encouraged to attend. For more information and to rsvp, please
visit our website.
The Hidden Truths of Health
Reform
On Friday, October
30, The Hidden Truths of Health Reform event will discuss the
current state of healthcare, how we got here, and what the
options are for the future. The discussion will be led by Andrew
D. Coates, MD, who is a member of the national board of
directors of Physicians for a National Health Program and the
secretary of the Capital District (NY) chapter of PNHP. He
practices medicine in Albany, where he is assistant professor of
medicine and psychiatry at Albany Medical
College.
The event is being
sponsored by Democracy Matters, Coalition of Concerned Citizens
of New Paltz, Hudson Valley Progressive Coalition, and Citizens
for Universal Healthcare.
Where: Lecture Center 102, SUNY
New Paltz
When: Friday, October 30,
7:30pm
Immigration Study Finds Enforcement has Undermined
Workers’
Rights
An in-depth report
issued on October 27th, 2009 by the AFL-CIO, American
Rights at Work and the National Employment Law Project finds that our
government’s immigration enforcement in recent
years—“including a heavy reliance on raids and often
inadequately trained enforcement agents—has severely
undermined efforts to protect workers’ rights, to the
detriment of immigrant and native-born workers alike.” To
find out more about the report and to view the press release,
please visit our website.
http://www.hvalf.org
Mark Your Calendars
-Tuesday, October
27: Hudson-Catskill CLC Meeting, 6:30pm AT IBT 445 HALL IN ROCK
TAVERN
-Wednesday, October
28: Dutchess County CLC Meeting,
5:30pm
-Saturday, October
31: Canvassing, 9:30am (Cerone, Diaz, Doxsey, Lieb,
Cerino)
-Sunday, November 1:
Canvassing, 1:00pm (Woerner, Diaz, Doxsey, Lieb,
Cerino)
-Tuesday, November
3: ELECTION DAY
-Monday, November 9:
City of Newburgh Public Hearing,
7:00pm
-Tuesday, November
10: LERA Dinner Meeting
