[Antiracism] [Workers' Rights] Protect the Income Tax

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

Thursday July 31 
	PLANNING MEETING
	Noon-2pm, Pioneer Valley Project Office, next to Holy Family Church,
235 Eastern Av, Springfield. Oppose the ballot initiative that would end the
income tax that pays for 40% of the state's budget. Can you or
representatives from your organization join a planning meeting hosted by
Pioneer Valley Project and Neighbor to Neighbor? Please invite anyone who
wants to help. Info, RSVP: Fred Rose, 827-0781, generalpvp at verizon.net.
    
HELP JUMP START THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN
• Go to the website – www.VoteNoMA.com – and sign up on the email list and
take the pledge
• Have your Webmaster grab a site badge/sticker to place on their
website. They are at: http://votenoma.com/stamps.html.
If you do, and you would like the campaign to track who signs up from your
sticker, have your webmaster call Alipes at 617-303-1045. Put the sticker on
first and then call.
• Send people to the website for information and talking points. Have them
watch the video. Ask them to ask their friends and family to go to the site.
• Download "The Fact Sheet" at:
http://votenoma.com/files.php?name=votenoma-facts.pdf. Print it and hand it
out at meetings, put it in mailers, etc.
	Info: Harris Gruman, Political Director, SEIU Massachusetts State
Council, 617-316-0443, harris.gruman at seiu.org.

WORK FOR THE CAMPAIGN
	Coalition for Our Communities/VoteNoMA Campaign is hiring full-time
field managers! Applicants should respond ASAP to Brandyn Keating, Field
Director, Coalition for Our Communities, 508-982-2247, votenoma at gmail.com,
www.votenoma.com. (Preference to full-time "in-kind" donations of staffers
from endorsing organizations to fill these positions.)

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