Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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.

 

SOLIDARITY EVENTS in this issue

JwJ Organizing Committee Meeting 9/24

2009 Educating for Change Curriculum Fair 9/26

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

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".

   

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

Saturday, September 26, 2009 9AM - 3PM

2009 Educating for Change Curriculum Fair

Join Literacy for Social Justice Teacher research Group, The Literacy Roundtable, Dean's Committee on Social Justice (UMSL), Women's Voices Rased, and The Justice Institute for the 2009 Educating for Change Curriculum Fair : Claiming Education as A Civil Right. This event includes workshops and a Keynot address by Jill Freidberg. Click HERE to view the flyer and see the schedule.

The fair will be at 8001 Natural Bridge, University of Missouri - St. Louis South Campus, Marillac Hall. Parking is available. For more infrmation contact Kathryn Pole kpole@slu.edu 

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 

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!


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 info@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.stl-jwj.org.

Inclusion in the Solidarity Calendar does not neccessarily indicate JwJ endorsement.