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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>On
December 13 & 14, "Change is Coming" house parties will be hosted
across the country to tell President-elect Obama what our most important
priorities are in the coming year. This is a great chance to let our new
president know that health care reform is our top priority for the coming year
- what better "change", than affordable, universal health care? To
find a house party near you, or to host one of your own: <a
href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/changeiscoming/">http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/changeiscoming/</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday
December 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PIONEER
VALLEY STREET HEAT </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Second
Friday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9:30-11am,
AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from
the old Westinghouse, Springfield. The AFL-CIO Mobilization Committee welcomes
all community and labor activists. On the agenda: EFCA! YWCA! Postal
Privatization! Wal-Mart! Your Organizing! Info, send agenda items to: Jon
Weissman, 732-7970, <a href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org">street_heat@pvaflcio.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday
December 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CONSTITUENTS
MEETING WITH REP DONELAN FOR SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11am,
Green Fields Market upstairs meeting room, 144 Main St, Greenfield. A follow-up
to our successful ballot question: On November 4, in 10 districts across the
state, voters told their Representatives, including Chris Donelan, to
"support legislation creating a cost-effective single payer health
insurance system that is available to all residents, and oppose laws penalizing
those who fail to obtain health insurance." Support for single payer
ranged from 65 to 82 percent, and averaged 73 percent, an impressive
referendum. It is clear that the general public is way ahead of the Legislature
and the press in understanding that our current law has not stopped the 10 to
15 percent annual rise in healthcare premiums. The insurance industry continues
to avoid patients who need costly medical care, and still wastes up to 25
percent of the healthcare dollar on overhead, CEO salaries, marketing,
underwriting, and union-busting. Info, to attend: Mary Siano, 773-3485.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a name=Friday><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday
December 12</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHY
WE NEED A PEOPLE'S BAILOUT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7pm,
Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council, 640 Page Blvd (Route 2A), Springfield.
Beginning this week, Jobs with Justice launches an emergency campaign over the
next 2½ months to get Congress and the new administration to enact a <b><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/bailout/index.html">People’s Bail-Out</a></b>.
Prof Gerald Friedman and Helen Scharber, of the UMass Economics Dept and the
Center for Popular Economics (<a href="http://www.populareconomics.org/">CPE</a>)
will lead off a discussion of: What caused the economic meltdown? What should a
recovery plan or People's Bailout include? and What strategies and tactics
should we in Western Mass use to win? Info: Jobs with Justice, 827-0301, <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>, <a
href="http://www.jwj.org/bailout/index.html">www.jwj.org/bailout/index.html</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO
UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>
with a Subject of "Unsub Workers' Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[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: <a href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>"</span>I'll be there for workers' rights at
least five times a year!<span style='text-decoration:none'>"</span></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
"Subscribe Workers' Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Western Mass
Jobs with Justice<br>
640 Page Blvd #101<br>
Springfield MA 01104<br>
(413) 827-0301 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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