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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday April 19<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>LEAFLET BIG Ys FOR
JUSTICE @ SMITHFIELD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u>Chicopee</u></b> store (650 Memorial Drive, near
MassPike exit ): <b><u>1-2pm;</u></b> <b>contact Jon</b>, (413) 827-0301, <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>, for more details for the <b>Chicopee</b>
<b>Team</b>, or to do <b>another store</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u>Amherst</u></b> store (175 University Drive): <b><u>Noon-1pm</u></b>;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u>Northampton</u></b> store (136 North King Street -
Rt. 5) &/or downtown intersection (Main & Pleasant & King) - team
will decide: <b><u>1:30-2:30pm</u></b>;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b>contact Rose</b>, (413) 320-2028, [or (413) 827-0301, <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>] for more details for the <b>Amherst/Northampton</b>
<b>Team</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>THE BIG WHY:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Smithfield Foods has created an environment of
intimidation, racial tension, violence, and fear of deportation for workers who
want a voice on the job.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Poverty wages, brutal line speeds and other working
conditions, crippling injuries, a dictatorship at work - 5,500 workers in Tar Heel,
North Carolina, face this every day at the world's largest hog processing
plant. They are trying to correct it by forming a union. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Their employer's response got it cited by Human Rights
Watch for violating international human rights standards and cited by the
National Labor Relations Board and US Court of Appeals for labor law
violations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>More info at <a href="http://www.smithfieldjustice.com">www.smithfieldjustice.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>You can help them exercise their right to a union. The
local Justice @ Smithfield committee is <b>asking Big Y to stop selling Tar
Heel pork</b> (USDA establishment codes: <b>18079</b> and [bacon] <b>79-C</b>).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Stop & Shop, Atkins Farms Country Market (Amherst),
State Street Fruit Store and Delicatessen (Northampton), Coopers Corner
(Florence), and US Foods at Westover Job Corps (Chicopee) are not offering Tar
Heel pork. The Springfield City Council and Mayor have urged all area
stores to join in. State Rep. Ben Swan has personally appealed to Big Y. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>But when a delegation of religious, community, labor,
educational, and student leaders tried to see Big Y's owners, they were kicked
out of the Springfield headquarters. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>So we're leafleting Big Y customers. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Join us! Info: 827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u>And you can ask Big Y to stop selling Tar Heel pork
at <a href="https://www.bigy.com/contact/index.php">https://www.bigy.com/contact/index.php</a>!</u>
Please let us know if you get a reply from Big Y.<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a> with a Subject of "Unsub
Worker's Rights".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>[Workers' Rights] posts 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!" This is the core
mission of Jobs with Justice, affirming that workers' rights are human rights.
To subscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>
with a Subject of "Subscribe Worker's Rights".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Western Mass Jobs with Justice<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>640 Page Blvd #101<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Springfield MA 01104<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>(413) 827-0301 <o:p></o:p></p>
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