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TAKE ACTION
NOW in this issue
Healthcare for
All Movement 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.
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
City Workers Rally,
9/5
Labor Law Breakfast Series,
9/10
Community Against
Poverty Candidate Forum, 9/24
Discussion and Book Signing with Bill
Fletcher, 9/26
Bread
& Roses, 10/2
MASW Annual
Conference, 10/22-23
JOB OPENINGS/ INTERNSHIPS
in this issue
Metropolitan
Congregations United seeks full-time community
organzier
GRO has
summer/fall interships available
TAKE ACTION
NOW
Join the
Missouri Healthcare for All Movement! 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 movement will
work to ensure that health care proposals move Missouri forward
until we all have health care.
Joining this movement 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, September 5, 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.
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.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
8 AM - Breakfast; 8:30-9:30 AM - Presentation
Labor Law Breakfast Series - Insubordination
Grievances: Winners and Losers
Has your member been disciplined or discharged for
insubordination? Some employers favor this as a catch-all
reason for disciplinary action. Join Brian Love of
Hammond, Shinners, Turcotte, Larrew, and Young as he discusses
the investigative tactics needed to get all the facts and enable
the union to present the strongest case possible.
Held at IBEW Local 1439 Hall, 2121 59th St.,
63110. Cost: $15/person if
annual fee has not been paid. Make Checks payable to St.
Louis County Extension Council. For more information or to
register by phone or email contact Roz Sherman Voellinger, Labor
Education Specialist at 314-615-7604 or sherman-voellingerr@missouri.edu.
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. Gubernatorial candidates
Kenny Hulshof (R) and Jay Nixon (D) have been invited to
participate. 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.
Friday, September 26, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Discussion and Book Signing with Bill
Fletcher
Come out and
listen to Labor Organizer and Community Activist
Bill Fletcher as he discusses
community organzing at the local level. Mr. Fletcher is a
founding member of the Black Radical Congress, Co-Founder of the
Center for Labor Renewal, and a member of the Jobs with Justice
National Workers' Rights Board.
This event is free
and open to the public and will be held at the
Carpenters' Union Hall, 1401 Hampton Ave,
63109. Sponsored by the Justice institute,
in partnership with AFGE Local 3354, AFGE District 9, St.
Louis Area Jobs with Justice, and the St. Louis
Jobs Area Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights
Board.
A Book Signing will follow the
presentation.
Thursday, October 2, 2008 7
PM
2008 Bread & Roses Exhibition -
Critical Condition Health Care in
America
Join the members of Jobs with
Justice in their 6th annual celebration of the Arts in political
action. Each year the Bread & Roses exhibition calls
for submissions based on a different theme, drawn from the
struggles of working people. This years event will
showcase short films and spoken word works
centered around America's broken health care system and
the struggles working people face working within that
system.
This exhibition will be held at the
Regional Arts Commision, 6128 Delmar Blvd, 63112 at 7
PM. Come out and celebrate the lives of working
people. As the labor hyn for which the event is named
reminds us, "Hearts starve as well as bodies..." For more
information, contact Aaron Burnett at 314-644-0466 x 11 or aaron@stl-jwj.org.
Wednesday October 22-23, 2008
MASW 108th Annual Conference
MASW is proud to annoucne its 108th annual
conference to be held October 22-23, 2008 at the Holiday
Inn Executive Center in Columbia,
Missouri. This year's Conference,
"Economic Injustice - The Increasing Divide and Rising
Economic Insecurities" will explore the complex
intersection of economics and policy, and how we might work to
even the playing feidl in combating social stratification in
America. The Conference will feature speakers Robert
Kuttner, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the American Prospect
and Candace Iveson, Founder of Policy
Works.
Special student rates, and scholarship
applications are available. For more information call MASW at
1-888-634-2901 or email citizenvoice@masw.org.
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
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