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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.
NEWS
Truthout Becomes First Online-Only News Site
to Unionize
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
JwJ Organizing
Committee Meeting 9/24
The Doerr Center
for Social Justice Annual Social Justice Night
9/29
St. Louis Jobs with
Justice 10th Anniversary Celebration
11/5
JOB OPENINGS in this
issue
Kansas City Jobs
with Justice
Transportation Equity
Network
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".
NEWS
Truthout Becomes
First Online-Only News Site to
Unionize
On August 27, 2009 Truthout.org's board of
directors signed a recognition statement, granting
Truthout employees membership in The Newspaper
Guild/Communication Workers of America. Earlier that evening,
Truthout held the country's first "virtual card check,"
verifying union cards with faxed PDFs of each employee's
signature, becoming the first online-only news site to
successfully unionize.
St. Louis Jobs with Justice Leader Shannon Duffy, of
the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, is Truthout's employee union
representative. (Duffy also represents the staff of
Missouri Jobs with Justice)
Read about this historic event HERE.
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS
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
Tuesday September 29,
2009 6:30PM-9:00PM
The Doerr Center for Social Justice
Annual Social Justice Night
Join The Doerr Center for Social Justice of St. Louis
University for their Annual Social Justice night. The lecture
for the night is " Following the Martyrs on the Road to Peace
and Justice" presented by John Dear, SJ. Fr.Dear will be joined
by local peace and justice activists to discuss the legacy of
the Salvadoran martyrs, individual expereinces, and
opportunities for activisim in the St. Louis area.
The discussion will take place in the Busch Student
Center, Rm 170 on the campus of St. Louis University. For more
information contact the Center for Social Justice a 314.977.2734
or email socljust@slu.edu.
Thursday,
November 5, 2009 6PM
SAVE THE DATE! St. Louis Jobs with
Justice 10th Anniversary Celebration
Please join us in celebrating St. Louis Jobs with Justice
10th Anniversary. Thursday, November 5, 2009 6PM at the
IBEW Local 1, 5850 Elizabeth. 63110
Ticket Information:$25 each, Table of 8 $200,
Available online HERE,
by email at info@mojwj.org,
or call Jessica Pace (314)644-0466 .
JOB
OPENINGS
Kansas City Jobs
with Justice is hiring
Missouri Jobs with Justice organization is
hiring a new organizer for its Kansas City JwJ
Coalition.
Click here to download a fuller description
and directions on how to apply.
All applications should include resume, cover letter,
writing sample and at least two job references.
Throughout this search process we are fortunate to have a
talented interim KC JwJ Organizer on board in JENNIFER
GORMLEY. She can be reached at 816.805.2385 and jennifer@kcjwj.org.
Transportation
Equity Network
The Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, in
partnership with the Transportation Equity Network, is seeking a
Field Organizer to Coordinate the transportation campaign in the
State of Missouri.
For more information visit the Transportation
Equity website. Interviews will be held on
a rolling basis, early application is encouraged.
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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