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<p class=MsoPlainText>Thursday January 22 (Fourth Thursday)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b>FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>7-8:30pm, First Congregational
Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield. Organizing local solidarity for Franklin
County workers and unions; nurses and other workers at Franklin Medical Center;
Greenfield municipal employees; and statewide and national workers' rights campaigns,
including <a href="http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/peoplesbailout">People's
Bail-Out</a> and <a href="http://www.jwj.org/freechoice/index.html">Employee
Free Choice Act</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>We will have a telephone call with a representative of United
Electrical Workers Local 1110, which occupied Republic Windows & Doors in
Chicago last month. They are going on a victory tour and will be in Western
Mass on Tuesday February 3, 11:30am, at Pioneer Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd,
Springfield. See below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Info: 827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>COMMUNITY LUNCH &
FORUM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Armando Robles, President,
UE Local 1110:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the Republic Windows
& Doors Sit-In Strikers in Chicago</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Haettenschweiler","sans-serif"'>Tuesday
February 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Haettenschweiler","sans-serif"'>11:30am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Haettenschweiler","sans-serif"'>Pioneer
Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Haettenschweiler","sans-serif"'>REPUBLIC
WINDOWS & DOORS VICTORY TOUR!</span><span style='font-size:36.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
December, 260 workers at Chicago's Republic Windows occupied their plant for
six days, a sit-in strike launched in response to the closing of their plant
with only 3 days notice. Jobs with Justice coalitions along with other
community, faith, and labor activists from across the country mobilized in
support of these workers, helping them win a settlement from Bank of America
and Republic owners including severance pay and compensation for unpaid
earnings.<br>
</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
letter-spacing:-.3pt'>As the economic crisis deepens, millions of people face
jobs loss and foreclosures. Join Jobs with Justice and other groups in
celebrating the successful resistance at Republic and launching the broader
campaign for an economic recovery that puts Main Street before Wall Street.</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:-.3pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO
UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Unsub Workers'
Rights".<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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
wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Subscribe Workers' Rights".<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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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