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TAKE ACTION
NOW in this issue
URGENT!! Protect MO's Minimum Wage for
Tipped Employees
URGENT!! Tell your Senator:
Support The Stimulus
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
SLPD Local Control Lobby Day
2/11
Labor Learn Films Series
2/17
LaborTech Conference
2/18
JwJ Organizing Committee
Meeting 3/26
TAKE ACTION
NOW
URGENT! Protect MO's Minimum Wage
for Tipped Employees
In 2006, 76.4% of
Missourians voted to pass Proposition B to raise the wage for
ALL Missouri workers, including tipped employees.Now, House Bill 258 is threatening to roll back
the minimum wage for tipped employees to that of 15 years
ago.
We must act NOW! CLICK
HERE NOW, to tell the Special Standing Committee
on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety that the
citizens of Missouri want to protect the wages of 53,240 tipped
employees.
URGENT! Tell
your Senator:
Support The Stimulus
Today, mass
transit is in serious danger of being cut at a time when it's
demand is at an all time high. Potentially, mass transit
improvements have the ability to revitalize the economy, reduce
our dependency on oil, and reduce harmful emissions. We must act
now to preserve and improve our transit system by urging our US
Senators to pass economic recovery legislation
that will direct funds toward infrastructure.
CLICK HERE NOW, to send your
letter to our US Senators.
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS
Wednesday, February 11,
2009
St. Louis Police Department Local Control
Lobby Day
The Coalition Against Police Crimes And
Repression (CAPCAR) a St. Louis group that advocates for local
control of the St. Louis Police is will be lobbying the Missouri
state legislature for a local control bill.
St. Louis is one of only two cities in the U.S. which
does not control its police. The St. Louis Police Department is
governed by a board appointed by the governor of
Missouri.
CAPCAR is asking St. Louisans to attend the
lobby day at the state legislature, in Jefferson
City, to lobby the state legislature for a local
control bill. For more information contact John Chasnoff
at (314) 413-0454.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
6:30 PM - Film Showing; 7:30 PM - Labor Council
Meeting
Labor Learn Films
Series: "Morristown: In the Air and
Sun"
Come early to the St. Louis Labor Council
monthly delegate meeting held the third Tuesday of every
month. Each month, the Labor Council offers a
different film on a relevant topic.
The film
showing 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 the film at 7:30
PM. The film is open to ALL. For more information
contact Roz Sherman Voellinger at 314-615-7604 or sherman-voellingerr@missouri.edu.
Wednesday February 18, 2009
8:30
AM- Registration; 9:15 AM-4:00 PM- Program
LaborTech Conference:
Using Technology to Advance the Labor
Movement
Learn how to use the latest technology to improve
your website, communicate your message, interact with members
and public, and more. The conference will be held at the
Sprinkler Fitters, Local
268, 1544 S. Third St., 63104. The cost per person is $75
and includes food and materials. For more information contact
Roz Sherman Voellinger at 314-615-7604 or sherman-voellingerr@missouri.edu.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 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. Agenda items to be
announced at a later date.
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