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

JwJ Organizaing Committee Meeting, 9/10

Labor Law Breakfast Series, 9/10

City Workers Rally, 9/12

Community Against Poverty Candidate Forum, 9/24

Discussion and Book Signing with Bill Fletcher, 9/26

Bread & Roses, 10/2

Labor Learn Film Series, 10/21

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

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6PM - 8 PM
JwJ Organizing Committee Meeting 
Held at Epiphany United Church of Christ ,2911 McNair, 63118, in the Benton Park neighborhood of St. Louis City.  On the Agenda:   Debrief and evaluation on the InBev Rally and Briefing; Update on legislative in-district meetings on Health Care and next steps. 

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. 

Friday, September 12, 2008 9 AM, City Hall
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 to St. Louis City Hall and support these workers as they fight for Fair Pay and more time with their families.    

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.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:45 PM - Fim Showing; 7:30 PM - Labor Council Meeting
Labor Learn Films Series:  "Mother Jones:  America's Most Dangerous Woman"
Come early to the St. Louis Labor Council monthly delegate meeting held the third Tuesday of every month.  Starting in October the St. Louis Labor Council will sponsor labor films and presentations at this time.  The series will begin October 21 at 6:45 PM with a short film about Mother Jones. Each month, the Labor Council will offer a different film on a relevant topic. 

The film showings will be held in the same hall as the Labor Council Meeting at IBEW Local 1, 5850 Elizabeth Ave, 63110.  The St. Louis Labor Council Meeting will follow these showings at 7:30 PM.  These films are open to ALL.  For more information contact Roz Sherman Voellinger at 314-615-7604 or sherman-voellingerr@missouri.edu.

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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