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TAKE ACTION
NOW in this issue
Healthcare for All
coalition YOU CAN change health in
Missouri! NOW is the time to endorse principles that
demand a plan to make sure ALL MISSOURIANS HAVE HEALTH
CARE.
Support our striking brothers and sisters of
Machinists District 9 and Teamsters Local 618
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
City Workers Rally,
8/15
Community Rally with A-B/ImBev Workers,
8/16
2008 Bread & Roses Committee Now
Calling for Film Submissions, Theme: Condition Critical - Health
Care in America
Building
Jobs with Justice Training, 9/12-14
Community Against
Poverty Candidate Forum, 9/24
JOB OPENINGS/ INTERNSHIPS
in this issue
Metropolitan
Congregations United seeks full-time community
organzier
GRO has
summer/fall interships available
Advancement Project Seeks Kansas City
Local Voter Protection Advocate
TAKE ACTION
NOW
Support our
Striking Brothers and Sisters of Machinists District 9 and
Teamsters Local 618 - Boycott Valley Ford
Our Brothers and Sisters at Machinists District 9 and
Teamsters Local 618 are currently on strike in St.
Louis at the Valley Ford Dealership. Stand
in Solidarity with them as they try to negotiate a fair and
equitable contract with the company. They are asking that
people not shop or have their vehicles serviced at this
dealership during the period of the strike.
Here are a list of dealers in the area whose
workers ARE NOT on strike:
Auto Plaza Ford
Bo Beuckman Ford
Cerame Ford
Cerame
Lincoln Mercury
Lou Fusz Ford
McMahon Ford
Sinclair
Ford
Sinclair Lincoln-Mercury
Sinclair Lincoln-Mercury -
St. Peters
Sunset Ford
Suntrup Ford -
Kirkwood
Join the
Missouri Healthcare for All Coalition! Endorse
principles that demand a plan to make sure ALL MISSOURIANS HAVE
HEALTH CARE Missouri Health Care for All is seeking both
group and individual endorsements at this
time!
Join a growing group of organizations,
faith communities and individuals who believe that all
Missourians should have access to affordable, quality
healthcare. This long-tem, state-wide coalition will work
to ensure that health care proposals move Missouri forward until
we all have health care. Joining
this coalition will elevate the grassroots voice that demands
affordable, quality care for everyone. Visit www.myspace.com/mohealthcareforall, or click here NOW to sign on as a
supporter. Be sure to promote this opportunity to
your congregations and community organizations!
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS
Friday, August 15, 2008 9
AM
City Workers Rally - Support them as they
fight for fair pay!
During past months, the city workers
represented by various unions, have negotiated in
good faith with representatives of the City of St. Louis on
issues of fair pay and time to be
with their families. Now the City has
refused to honor the promises made to these
workers. Details on the negotiations and the
City's surprise turnabout can be found here.
This Week, on Friday, August
15, these workers and their families will be ralllying
outside of City Hall again from 9-11 AM to
call on the City governemnt to honor its
agreements with the working people of St. Louis
City.
The workers impacted by this agreement include members
of the Pipefitters, IBEW, IAFF, IUOE, Painters, FIRE, AFSCME,
Teamsters, and Carpenters. Come out and support these
workers as they fight for Fair Pay and
more time with their
families.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
1 PM
Community Rally with
Anheuser-Busch and ImBev Workers
This Saturday at 1 PM, join the St.
Louis community in supporting A-B/InBev workers from the
local area, Brazil, Belgium, and Canada as they gather in
Kiener Plaza, bordered by 6th, 7th, Market,
and Chestnut Streets in downtown St.
Louis to let InBev know we're watching, and we do
hope we're beginning a new tradition with
InBev.
On August 18, 2008 A-B/InBev begins talks with 8,000
Workers through their union, the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters. Their agreements on job security, pensions, and
health care coverage for workers, retirees, and their families
will send a signal to St. Louis and 12 other communities
throughout the country where InBev will take ownership of A-B
breweries. At the Rally on August 16, we'll
learn more about what we may have in store from leaders of
InBev workers in Brazil, Belgium, and
Canada.
Jobs with Justice is supporting this rally in coordination
with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the St. Louis
Labor Council, Change to Win, and the Workers' Rights
Board.
See you in the Streets!
Tuesday, August 29, 2008 -
DEADLINE
2008 Bread &
Roses Committee Calling for Film
Submissions!
The St. Louis
Coalition of Missouri Jobs with Justice is seeking film
submissions for the annual Bread & Roses Exhibition.
For the past six years, "Bread & Roses" has served as an
annual celebration of the arts in political action and in the
lives of workers. "Bread & Roses" was named for the
labor hymn which reminds us "Hearts starve as well as
bodies".
The 2008 theme, Condition
Critical: Health Care in America speaks to the millions
of Missouri workers who continue to struggle with the rising
costs and disparities that exist in the American health care
system.
This year, the Bread
& Roses committee will only be accepting pieces from one
artistic medium, Film. They will consider
productions in the following categories: Narrative
Short, Documentary Short, Mockumentary Short, Animated Short,
Experiemental Short, PSA, and Music Video. Films
must be 10 minutes or shorter, and PSA's must be 15, 30, or 60
seconds in length.
There will be a
workshop offered in early July for beginning filmmakers utilzing
the health care story bank for the Bread & Roses
project. All films must be submitted in DVD format.
For more information, go to www.stl-jwj.org/bread-and-roses/
or contact Aaron Burnett at 314-644-0466 x 11 or aaron@stl-jwj.org.
Friday, Septmber 12-14, 2008
Begins Friday, 10 AM
Building Jobs
with Justice Training
Take part in the
Missouri Jobs with Justice leadership training. The
training includes several sessions including such topics as:
building relationships, understanding power, the meaning and
understanding of self interest, issues and actions, creating
winnable campaigns. The training will be held at the
Rickman Center outside of Jefferson City.
Application deadline is August 15, 2008.
Some scholarships are available. For more
information click
here.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7
PM
Community Against Poverty
Candidate Forum
Members of Jobs with Justice
are encouraged to mark September 24th at 7 PM
on their calendars. Community Against Poverty (CAP), a
coalition of interfaith, civic, and community organizations
convened by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), will
sponsor a candidate forum to focused on the issues surrounding
poverty. Jobs with Justice is one of the
co-sponsoring organizations.
This event is open to
the public and free of charge. It will be held in the
auditorium at the Missouri History Museum at Forest
Park. JCRC is aksing that those who attend bring
winter coats and non-perishable food items to be donated to
local charities. For more information, please go to the
JCRC website www.jcrcstl.org or
contact Phyllis Markus at
314-495-7271.
JOB OPENINGS/INTERNSHIPS
Metropolitan
Congregations United Seeks Full-Time Community Organizer
MCU seeks a full time community
organizer. MCU is a regional grassroots organization of 50
congregations, rooted in faith values. Its mission is to
win concrete improvements in the lives of families,
congregations, and others in the St. Louis Metro region by
developing leaders and organizing around winnable issues.
MCU enables people to realize their own power and gives them the
skills and allies necessary to build the power for change.
The organization has a successful 15-year tract record and
is connected national to the Gamaliel Foundation. Visit
our website at www.mcustl.org for
more information, or submit resume and cover letter to the
director at:
Metropolitan Congregations United
Attn: Katie
Jansen Larson
4501 Westminster Place
St. Louis, MO
63108
kjansen@mcustl.org
GrassRoots
Organizing Annouces Internship Opportunities for the Summer and
Fall - 3-4 Positions
GRO-
Grass Roots Organizing announces that educational internships
are available for the GRO THE VOTE non-partisan community voting
project and grassroots leadership development programs.
If you or someone you know is interested in
exciting, hands on, people powered learning experiences, wants
to develop valuable skills and be part of a successful that
bulids community organization, this opportunity is for
you. GRO will provide intern/practicum student with
materials needed to complete internship. A small stipend
based on the number of intern hours completed and intensiveness
of the overall learning experience is provided at the mid-term
and upon successful completion of internship and overall
performance evaluation.
For more information, or to apply send resume and cover
letter to Robin Acree, Executive Director at:
GRO - Grass Roots Organizing
304 E. Breckenridge
Mexico, MO 65265
(573) 581-9595
(573) 581-1255 -
FAX
robin@gromo.org
Advancement Project Seeks Local
Voter Protection Advocate in Kansas City,
MO
Advancement Project
(DC), a non-partisan nationa civil rights and racial justice
action organization with a Voter Protection Program in Missouri,
sees a temporary, part-time, local Voter Protection Advocate for
Kansas City, Missouri. Through non-partisan voter
protection work, the job will focus on sustained pre-election
activities in order to permanently break down barriers to voting
in the 2008 election cycle and beyond.
The Kansas City Local Voter Protection Advocate will be
Advancement Project's on-the-ground eyes and ears in the Kansas
City area, including Kansas City and Jackson County,
Missouri.
Qualifications: Candidate must
have strong written and oral communication skills, good
interpersonal skills, and a proven commitment to racial
justice. A college degree required. Coalition
experience, and familiarity with voting rights and/or civil
rights laws and pluses. Salary based on experience.
To Apply: Applicants should send
their resume with a list of references and the phrase "KC Local
Voter Protection Advocate" in the subject line, to Denise
Lieberman, Missouri Attorney and Voter Protection Advocate at dlieberman@advancementproject.org
or by fax to (202) 728-9557.
Deadline: Applications will be
accepted until position is filled - position needs to be filled
as soon as possible.
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