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TAKE ACTION
NOW in this issue
Sign the petition to "Raise the
Wage" in Kansas!
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
MASW
Annual Conference, 10/22-10/23
Kansas
City JwJ Organizing Cmtee Mtg, 11/19
JOB ANNOUCEMENTS in this
issue
Missouri Jobs with Justice Hiring 3 New
Organizers
TAKE ACTION
NOW
Raise the Wage in Kansas!
The Greater Kansas City Jobs with Justice
Coalition has joined
the Kansas Action Network in a campaign to
raise the wage for workers covered by the State minimum wage law
in Kansas City, KS. This effort is part
of a larger statewide campaign to raise the
wage in three of the largest cities in the State –
Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City – thereby increasing
pressure on state lawmakers in Topeka to wake up and do the
right thing. Sign the petition today, and join us at the upcoming actions below. For more
information, call 785-760-2764, email raisethewagekansas@gmail.com
or visit the campaign website http://raisethewagekansas.org/kansascity
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS
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.
Wednesday, November 19,
2008 6 PM
Kansas
City JwJ Organizing Committee
Meeting
Join Kansas City
Labor, Faith, and Community leaders as they continue to build
Jobs with Justice in the Greater Kansas City area. The
meeting will be held at Westport Presbyterian Church, 201
Westport Rd across from the Westport Library. For
more information contact Lara Granich at lara@stl-jwj.org
JOB
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Missouri Jobs with Justice Hiring Three New
Organizers
Throughout Missouri, grassroots community, faith and
labor leaders have come together to form a powerful statwide
organization - Missouri Jobs with
Justice. The new statewide
organization is in need of 3 new organizers
to ensure we enter 2009 more power full, and ready to
work for justice for Missouri's workers. The Positions are
as follows:
Kansas City Organizer - The Kansas City
Organizer will work closely with the Kansas City Leadership
Team, Kansas City Organizing Committee, and with the member
organizations, funders, and national JwJ staff to provide
organizing and administrative support to the local development
and implementation of the JwJ campaigns and programs. This
position will be based in Kansas City, but will include
travel in and around the state for mobilizations and
meetings with the broader
JwJ leaders. Click
Here for a full job description.
"Public Good" Organizer - This
organizer, with the leadership of the director, will be
organizing a long-term project to rebuild Missouri's commitment
to invest in its future through services, infrastructure, and a
quality workforce. The organizer will work closely
with a statewide steering committee, with rank-and-file public
workers and citizens, and JwJ leaders and staff to
provide organizing and administrative support for the
implementation of this project. The Organizer will need to
develop a detailed understanding of state budget, policy issues,
labor law as well as the legislative and
collective bargaining process. This position may
be based anywhere in Missouri. However, a significant
amount of time will be spent in Jefferson
City. Click
Here for a full job description.
Data and Communications Organizer - The Data
and Communications organizer will work closely with the staff
and leaders throughout the state to manage our organization's
broad-based mobilization and communications. We are
looking for an individual that is familar with connecting
technology and activism. It is important that
applicants bring some experience and skills related to those
listed in the full job description. However, Missouri Jobs
with Justice is willing to invest in considerable training
for a candidate with independent drive, passion for social
justice, and a commitment to build quality technology to support
economic justice campaigns. Click
Here for the full job description.
To be considered for any of these positions, Please
send a resume, writing sample and at least two
references by 5 PM on Friday, November 14, 2008.
Send
Materials To:
Personnel Committee,
Missouri Jobs with Justice
Via Fax:
314-647-9910
Via Email: lara@stl-jwj.org
Via USPS: 2725 Clifton Ave, St.
Louis, MO 63139 |
The Jobs with Justice
Solidarity News and Events keeps you
informed about NEWS, ACTIONS, EVENTS and other opportunities to
work for economic justice.
Member organizations can
submit event info to katrina@stl-jwj.org. The calendar will publish information every
Monday. Information is due in by the Friday before the Monday
publishing date.
Jobs with Justice is a coalition of
progressive labor unions, community, student, and religious
organizations committed to fighting together for economic
justice.
Thousands of members of these
organizations, as well as individuals from the
community-at-large have taken the Jobs with Justice
Pledge to "Be there five
times a year for someone else's fight as well as my own".
To support this important work financially,
visit our secure online
donation site.
To find out more about Jobs with Justice
including a list of our 90 member organizations, visit www.kcjwj.org. |
