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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>from:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a
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            mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><strong><span
            style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
            color:white'>We've Passed the Million Mark!</span></strong><span
            style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
            color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
            mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><strong><span
            style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
            color:black'>Now, let's pass the Employee Free Choice Act</span></strong><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 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
            mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span
            style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
            color:black'>Our new goal: <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2
            million signatures</span></strong> by Feb. 16.</span><span
            style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
            color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
            mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><strong><span
            style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
            color:black'><a
            href="http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&amp;subsource=5"
            target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sign
            the petition and restore balance to our economy</span></a></span></strong><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>
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        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
        10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
        href="http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&amp;subsource=4"><span
        style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1100"
        src="http://img.getactivehub.com/08/custom_images/wfean/efca_widget_200.jpg"></span></a></span><span
        style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      <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'>As </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
      font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>we<span style='color:black'> write
      this, thousands of workers are gathering on Capitol Hill to call for an
      economy that works for everyone.</span></span></strong><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'>Joined by members of Congress, they came to deliver dozens
      of boxes containing some of the 1.5 million signatures on our petition to
      pass the Employee Free Choice Act and rebuild the middle class.</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'>But corporate lobbyists are mounting a ferocious campaign to
      defeat this bill. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
      need your grassroots power to fight back.</span></strong></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'>So we've set a new goal: <strong><span style='font-family:
      "Arial","sans-serif"'>2 million signatures</span></strong> before
      Congress goes on its February break.</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:"Verdana","sans-serif";
      color:black'><a
      href="http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&amp;subsource=5"
      target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sign the
      petition TODAY and help rebuild the middle class</span></a></span></strong><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'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
      color:black'>Your name will add strength to our&nbsp;new online roll call
      showing the million-plus supporters of the Employee Free Choice
      Act.&nbsp; </span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
      "Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span
      style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click here to see it</span></a></span></em><em><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></em><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'>Every worker bringing boxes of petitions to their Senators
      today is also bringing a message: It's time our economy worked for
      everyone. Too often, a lifetime's hard work is rewarded with soaring
      health care costs, home foreclosure and an uncertain future.</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'>The Employee Free Choice Act is critical to our economic
      recovery.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
      color:black'> Good union jobs helped build America's middle class. This
      legislation will rekindle the American Dream by leveling the playing
      field and empowering workers to form unions and bargain for a better
      life.</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'>That's why greedy CEOs are terrified of this bill. <strong><span
      style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One top executive has called it
      &quot;the demise of a civilization.&quot;</span></strong></span><strong><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a
      href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank-of-america-hosted-an_n_161248.html"><span
      style='color:red'>-*-</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:
      10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<span
      style='color:black'>And they're fighting with underhanded tactics,
      misleading ads, shady front groups and, of course, big budgets.</span></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'>But we <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can</span></em>
      win if enough of us get involved. Members of Congress have a weeklong
      break this month, and we've planned hundreds of lobby meetings at their
      home offices. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Imagine
      those workers handing over our petition and being able to say, &quot;Two
      million people support the Employee Free Choice Act.&quot;</span></strong>
      </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:"Verdana","sans-serif";
      color:black'><a
      href="http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&amp;subsource=5"
      target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Move
      us closer to 2 million signatures&#8212;it just takes one minute</span></strong></a></span><strong><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span></strong><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'>We'll keep you posted on how you can help once the bill is
      introduced and as the vote gets closer. Thank you once again for being
      part of this fight. <br>
      <br>
      Sincerely,</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'>Jobs with Justice<br>
      </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
      color:black'><a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.jwj.org</span></a><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'>P.S. If you have a blog or social networking page, please
      post our scrolling petition widget (like the one pictured above and at <a
      href="http://www.jwj.org/">www.jwj.org</a> ) help spread the word. Paste
      the text below into the code of your page:</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'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
      color:black'>&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;</span></em><i><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
      <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>var efca_button = 1;</span></em><br>
      <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>var efca_hide_embed =
      1;</span></em><br>
      <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>var efca_link_url =
      &quot;http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=widget&amp;subsource=i&quot;;</span></em><br>
      <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&lt;/script&gt;</span></em><br>
      <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&lt;script
      type='text/javascript'
      src='http://www.freechoiceact.net/widget.js'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</span></em></span></i><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 your site doesn't accept javascript (eg myspace), you can
      paste this button:</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'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
      color:black'>&lt;a href=<a
      href="http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=b">http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=b</a>
      target=&quot;blank&quot;&gt;</span></em><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
      font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
      <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&lt;img src=&quot;</span></em></span></i><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a
      href="http://www.jwj.org/images/campaigns/workers/efca_mmm.gif"><span
      style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.jwj.org/images/campaigns/workers/efca_mmm.gif</span></a></span><em><span
      style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</span></em><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;display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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    color:black;display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
      color:black'>Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.
      <br>
      <a
      href="http://www.unionvoice.org/join-forward.html?domain=jobswithjustice&amp;r=epsFcg1qXr-R"><span
      style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1102"
      src="http://img.getactivehub.com/images/tellafriend_icon.gif"></span>&nbsp;Tell-a-friend!</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Y<span
      style='color:black'>ou received this message from </span>WMJwJ - <span
      style='color:black'>you can</span> directly<span style='color:black'> <a
      href="http://www.unionvoice.org/jobswithjustice/join.html?r=epsFcg1qXr-RE">sign
      up for Jobs with Justice</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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    color:black;display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a
  href="http://www.unionvoice.org" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:
  none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1103"
  src="http://img.getactivehub.com/images/wfn_branding.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1104"
src="http://www.unionvoice.org/nlor/8x38d6n417b8tiw5"></span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Win
the Employee Free Choice Act - visit </span></i></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,&nbsp; </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, and </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion</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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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO
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
&quot;Unsub Workers' Rights&quot; 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
&quot;Unsub Street Heat&quot;.<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'>&quot;</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'>&quot;</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 &quot;Subscribe Worker's Rights&quot;.<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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<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.&nbsp; All
Affiliates and Delegates to these CLCs receive [Street Heat] unless they opt
out.&nbsp; 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
&quot;Subscribe Street Heat&quot;.<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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