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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Insider Update</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear Friends,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>President Obama sounded sobering notes in his inaugural
address, but throughout the weekend’s celebrations, his campaign
themes of ‘hope’ and ‘change’ were
evident—showing that they aren’t just slogans, but
commitments. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>If you watched the inaugural coverage on cable, you would
also have been reminded of ‘hope’ and ‘change’ through
our new Employee Free Choice Act ads. Missed it because you were down at
the Capitol or the Mall? They will be running for another 10 days, so
there is still a good chance to catch them, or you can view them <a
href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/employee-free-choice-act/latest-updates/new-ad-campaign-workers-call-to-make-the-economy-work-for-everyone-again-20090114-699-83-83.html">here</a>.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Here are a few other things you shouldn’t miss if you
care about workers’ rights and the Employee Free Choice Act!</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thanks for all you do,<br>
MB</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>1. Making the Economic Case for the Employee Free Choice Act</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <br>
Don’t be fooled by opposition claims that the Employee Free Choice
Act will hurt the economy! Our research team, along with the Economic
Policy Institute, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Prof.
Harley Shaiken, has produced a paper making the economic case for the
Employee Free Choice Act. It shows that the decline in workers’
ability to organize and bargain collectively has been an important factor
in the cause of the current economic crisis—and that reversing this
decline is necessary to ensure any economic recovery is broadly shared. <a
href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/dmdocuments/ARAWReports/araw_efca_ensuring_the_economy_works_for_everyone_again.pdf">Download
it here (PDF)</a>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>This week in <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rolling
Stone</span></em>, <a
href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/25456948/what_obama_must_do">Paul
Krugman</a> joined many others in sharing this analysis. While providing
a prescription for what the new administration needs to do in order to
fix the economy, he recommends that workers’ ability to organize
and bargain collectively be strengthened if we hope to see a rebuilding
of the middle class. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>2. Exposing Richard Berman</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <br>
Richard Berman never met a worker, consumer safety, or health promotion
effort he wouldn’t oppose—as long as the price was right. A
front man for business and industry, he is often presented as an
‘expert.’ A new website from the Citizens for Responsibility
and Ethics in Washington, <a href="http://www.bermanexposed.org/">www.bermanexposed.org</a>,
reveals how empty that is. Check it out—if he hasn’t already
attacked your cause, he probably will!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>3. Don’t Miss this Week’s </span></strong><em><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Nation</span></b></em><em><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></em><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>A great comment by <a
href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/aron/">Nan Aron</a> of
Alliance for Justice appears in the January 26, 2009, editon of <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Nation</span></em>. She
reminds us of the progressive principles that keep us all working
together. <br>
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<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. Don’t
Miss these New Books</span></strong><br>
Dean Baker, a co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research,
has a new book: <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Plunder
and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy</span></em>. He is
holding a book-signing at Busboys and Poets on January 27, 2009. <a
href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/events/events/book-signing-and-discussion-at-busboys-and-poets/">RSVP
here</a>. And Mike Lux’s first book, <em><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America
Came to Be</span></em>, is <a
href="http://theprogressiverevolution.com/buy/">now available</a>. Dean
and Mike are good friends of workers and I hope you will join us in
supporting them!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>====================== </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Mary Beth Maxwell<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Executive Director</span></em><i><br>
</i>American Rights at Work<br>
1100 17th Street, NW<br>
Suite 950<br>
Washington, DC 20036<br>
tel: (202) 822-2127 ext. 102<br>
fax: (202) 822-2168<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/"><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.americanrightsatwork.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the Employee Free Choice Act at </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.araw.org/"><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.araw.org</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>wmjwj@wmjwj.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a Subject of
"Unsub Workers' Rights" or to </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>street_heat@pvaflcio.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a Subject of
"Unsub Street Heat".<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: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:
none'>"</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I'll be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:
none'>"</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice (</span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.jwj.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>), affirming that
workers' rights are human rights. To subscribe, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org
with a Subject of "Subscribe Worker's Rights".<br>
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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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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Street
Heat is the AFL-CIO mobilization program. [Street Heat] is the e-newsletter of
the Mobilization Committee of the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council in
cooperation with the Hampshire/Franklin Central Labor Council. All
Affiliates and Delegates to these CLCs receive [Street Heat] unless they opt
out. Other activists may opt in by sending an email to </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>street_heat@pvaflcio.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a Subject of
"Subscribe Street Heat".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pioneer
Valley Central Labor Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>640
Page Blvd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Springfield
MA 01104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(413)
732-7970<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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