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TAKE ACTION NOW in
this issue
Demand Quality,
Affordable Health Care For All
Missouri Servers
got a raise Thanks to you! Help them keep their
wages.
Protect your Pay and
Benefits - Stop Senate Bill S. 1507
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
Rally for CWA
Contract at AT&T 8/6
Press Conference
on Behalf of the Workers at Lumiere and President Casinos
8/9
JwJ Organizing
Committee Meeting 9/24
TAKE ACTION NOW
Demand Quality,
Affordable Health Care For All
Health care reform efforts are currently moving in
Congress. There are many components of federal health care
reform that will have significant impact on whether working
people in Missouri will have quality, affordable health
care.
Click HERE
to find out how to TAKE ACTION and learn more about federal
health care reform.
Missouri Servers got a
raise Thanks to you! Help them keep their wages.
This last legislative session Jobs
with Justice and the waiters and waitresses of the "Save Our
Tips" campaign narrowly defeated state legislation that
would have excluded waiters and waitresses from increases in the
minimum wage. Because of that successful campaign
nearly 60,000 waiters and waitresses got a
raise last month. The fight is not over, Rep. Tim Jones
(R-Eureka) has promised to try again next year.
Click HERE to find
out how you can continue to help "Save our Tips".
Protect your Pay and Benefits -
Stop Senate Bill S. 1507
The U.S. Senate is poised to act this week
on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers. S. 1507,
the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Funding Reform Act of
2009, was intended to provide short-term financial relief to the
Postal Service, but an amendment has made the bill completely
unacceptable ti the APWU. The amendment would require
arbitrators ruling on postal contracts to take into account the
"financial health of the Postal Service"
With the addition of this
admendment, this bill would destroy collective bargaining for
postal workers.
Click HERE to act now and email your senators and tell them
"Vote No on S. 1507". Or call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at
866-338-1015 and ask for your lawmakers'
offices.
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS
Thursday, August 6, 2009
12Noon
Rally for CWA
Contract at AT&T
Join members of the CWA 6300 as they rally to fight
for a fair and just contract from AT&T. AT&T
wants to make drastic cuts to their employees and retiree's
health care and CWA workers have been without a contract for
months. CWA is ready to come to an agreement but AT&T
continues to use stall tactics to undermine the bagrgaining
process. For more information about the contract
fight visit HERE.
CWA Members and community supporters will
rally in front of One AT&T Center, 909 Chestnut, St.
Louis 63101. For more information about hte
rally contact Cathy Sherwin csherwin@cwa6300.org
Sunday, August
9, 2009 12:30PM
Press Conference on Behalf of the
Workers at Lumiere and President Casinos.
Join Workers United for a press conference on behalf of the
workers at Pinnacle Entertainment (Lumiere and President
Casinos) as they fight to bargain a contract. The press
conference will be hosted by Danny Glover and Local 74.
The press conference will be held under the MLK
bridge on Laclede's Landing, 2nd Street and Martin Luther King
Dr. A reception will be held following the press conference at
712 N. 2nd Street. For more information contact Workers United
Local 74 (314)890-0250
Thursday,
September 24, 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.
For more information contact Jobs with Justice info@mojwj.org
Volunteers Needed!
Missouri
Jobs with Justice is currently looking for volunteers!
If you are interested in giving us two or more hours of your
time a week please contact Jessica at jessica@mojwj.org.
Thank you!
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