Greetings,

Join APALA and Jobs with Justice

for an EFCA Labor Day Action!

When: September 7th, noon to 1:30pm

Where: Lower Woodland Park (N 50 th St and Woodland Park Ave N)

What: MLK County Labor Council is hosting a Labor Day Picnic where we will be flyering and targeting US Representatives on why Asian Pacific Islander communities and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered communties benefit from the passage of EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act).

Background:

Jobs with Justice, APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance) and Pride At Work have been collaborating within the API and LGBTQ communities around the Employee Free Choice Act and why these two communities would benefit from it's passage.

Fifty nine percent of union workers receive health care coverage. Currently, only 50% of API workers have health care and LGBTQ workers statistically have a lower percentage of health care coverage than the mainstream population.

Fifty percent of women API workers are low-wage workers. Immigrants are targeted for deportation by employers when they try to organize.

The Employee Free Choice Act coupled with the Employee Non-Discrimination Act would provide the legal protection for LGBTQ workers against employer discrimination.

Overall, the Employee Free Choice Act would provide important protection in the workplace and would allow API and LGBTQ workers a better work life through better wages, protection from discrimination and access to employer health care insurance.

For more information about this action contact Debbie at debbie@wsjwj.org.

Join Washington CAN and Jobs with Justice!

And

Stand Up! For Health Insurance Reform

Date: September 3rd

Time: 6:00pm

Place: Westlake Park in Downtown Seattle

On May 30th the Mother's Leading the Way for Health Care for All march and rally started the conversation on Health Insurance Reform. Because of you and your organizations, over 5,000 workers turned out to march in the streets in support of high quality, affordable health care for all.

Now, as Congress is preparing to head back to Washington DC, we need you to raise your voices and mobilize your forces on Thursday, September 3rd at 6pm at Westlake Center. This is our last chance before Congress is back in session to send a message and take action. It's time to stop playing
politics and solve the health care crisis.

For more information contact Debbie at debbie@wsjwj.org.