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<p class=MsoPlainText>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Please join us on Wednesday, June 25 2008 at 5:30pm to
7:30pm to discuss the Green Economy and explore creating a non-partisan Working
Group of advocates for a Green Economy which <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Serves local communities <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Guarantees workers’ rights to organize<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Promotes community-owned sustainable projects<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>This meeting will be held at Pioneer Valley Central Labor
Council, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield, across from the old Westinghouse complex. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>We will begin the meeting asking you <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>What do you mean by green economy?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Are you involved in a green economy project now?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Then we’ll hear from invited guests:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Robert Brandt – Staff Director for Rep. Daniel E.
Bosley, Chair of Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging
Technologies, <a href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/j12.htm">http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/j12.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Lisa Clauson – Executive Director, Community
Labor United, <a href="http://www.massclu.org">http://www.massclu.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Marina Spitkovskaya – Alternatives for Communities
and Environment, <a href="http://www.ace-ej.org/">http://www.ace-ej.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Last but not least, we will decide whether to form a
Green Economy Working Group based on the above principles.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>In solidarity,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Jon Weissman – Western Mass Jobs with Justice &
Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Eduardo Suarez – ECHO for Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Carlos Vega – Nueva Esperanza<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a> with a Subject of "Unsub
Workers' Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to learn about and show solidarity with workplace and working class struggles.
And these events are opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge: <a
href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html">"I'll be there for workers' rights
at least five times a year!"</a> This is the core mission of Jobs with
Justice (<a href="http://www.jwj.org">www.jwj.org</a>), 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
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