[Antiracism] [Workers' Rights] Upcoming Events

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

Saturday February 2
     EXPLORING CLASS: INTENSIVE DIALOGUE ABOUT A TABOO TOPIC
     9am-5pm, location TBA with registration, Hadley. A unique exploration
of the way that class impacts our lives, work,  and our relationships with
others. In the United States discussing class and money issues is taboo;
feelings of shame and/or guilt at being poorer or richer than others leads
to secrecy and silence, which only perpetuates myths around class in America
and reinforces the growing divisions amongst us. Our class experiences while
growing up and our current class position can have a profound impact on our
lives. Our race/ethnicity intersects with our experience of class. 
     Workshop Facilitators: Rhonda Soto and Felice Yeskel. Cost: Participant
fees will be determined at the workshop through an invitational process
called Cost Sharing. Past participants have paid anywhere from $0-$1,500.
It's entirely up to you. The process not only apportions costs according to
ability to pay, but also creates a real-time dialogue about class
differences during the workshop. Read more about the process:
http://www.classism.org/costsharing.html. 
     To register, get more info, including transportation or childcare needs
and any concerns or fears you might have, please contact Class Action,
585-9709, mailto:info at classism.org, or register on line at
http://www.classism.org/program_detail.php?id=175.

Wednesday February 6
     WESTERN MASS JUSTICE @ SMITHFIELD COMMITTEE
     7-8:30pm, Conference Room, room 236, second floor, Potpourri Plaza, 243
King St, Northampton, opposite Stop & Shop.
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=243+King+St,+Northampton,+MA. On the
agenda: Review of Jan. 26 action; Seeking a Resolution from Northampton City
Council (and then Chicopee Board of Aldermen and maybe Holyoke City
Council); Creating an Honor Roll for Atkins, Stop & Shop, and other stores
not selling Tar Heel pork (this will require more store visits); Latest on
the national campaign and lawsuit. Info: 827-0301, mailto:wmjwj at wmjwj.org.

Tuesday February 12
     AFL-CIO PRES SWEENEY AT HARVARD
     6pm, doors open at 5:30, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Littauer Building,
79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge. Here's an historic moment to be part of.
If you can offer a ride or want to catch one, please tell Jon at PVAFLCIO,
732-7970 or mailto:mail at pvaflcio.org.
     AFL-CIO President John Sweeney has been invited by Harvard University’s
John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Trade Union Program to
participate in a discussion at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. This
prestigious forum regularly features addresses by major world leaders, heads
of state, and elected officials. Forum events are open to the press and are
frequently covered by C-SPAN and other national media outlets. The event
will include a 20-minute interview style format with Kennedy School
professor Alex Keyssar, which will be followed by a question and answer
discussion with the audience. The discussion will focus on the future of the
labor movement in the United States. 
     Info: AFL-CIO Senior Field Representative Yael Foa, 617-816-0324,
mailto:yfoa at aflcio.org. 

Thursday March 20
     BUILDING WORKERS' POWER! JOBS WITH JUSTICE ANNUAL DINNER
     6-8pm, Suffolk Downs, Route 1A, East Boston
(www.suffolkdowns.com/about/directions.html). $40. Please join Massachusetts
Jobs with Justice as we celebrate the past year of fighting for workers'
rights and look forward to a year of new beginnings and taking back our
country. We will be honoring... 
     * Boston Hotel Workers Rising! For their historic victory for low wage
workers.
     * Verizon Business Workers in their struggle demand a voice at work.
     * Quincy Teachers in their fight to protect the right to strike and
defend their health care.
     * The Fair Wage Campaign for their effort to protect immigrant workers
from predatory employers.
     * The John O'Connor Youth Activism Award to SLAM and the Harvard Hunger
Strikers for their solidarity with organizing by campus security guards.
     We will also have a special tribute to Father Ed Boyle, our brother in
the movement for worker rights, founding Workers' Rights Board member, and a
long time friend to Jobs with Justice. Info: 617-524-8778,
mailto:jwj at massjwj.net, www.massjwj.net.

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[Workers' Rights] - The core mission of Jobs with Justice, affirming that
workers' rights are human rights. Opportunities for you to learn about and
show solidarity with workplace and working class struggles. And these events
are opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge: "I'll be there
for workers' rights at least five times a year!" 

[Health Care Action] - Events and information that support the large and
vibrant Western Mass. movement for health care justice. Nationwide, Jobs
with Justice (www.jwj.org) has prioritized Health Care as a basic human
right. 

[People's History] - Supporting work related to a people's history of
Western Mass.

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