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<p class=MsoPlainText>Friday February 13 (Second Friday)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <b>STREET HEAT - THE
AFL-CIO MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>9:30-11am, AFL-CIO Hall, 640
Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from the old
Westinghouse, Springfield. This meeting will focus on the campaign to win the
passage of the <b>Employee Free Choice Act</b>, including meetings with
Congressmen and Sen. Kerry. Also on the agenda: the YWCA; Postal job loss; Bank
of America; Your Organizing! Community and labor activists are urged to attend.
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></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <b>Special Messages</b> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>In order to help us be most effective in carrying forward
the message and arguments to win support for the Employee Free Choice Act, <b><a
href="http://www.employeefreechoice.org">www.employeefreechoice.org</a></b> features
daily news clips on the Employee Free Choice Act, updated videos, profiles of
workers who have been unable to join a union – and those who join through
majority sign-up - and a rotating banner highlighting the latest on attacks by
the opposition, new supporters, and much more. After the bill is introduced, it
will have a running list of members of Congress who have indicated their
support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>To support the organizing efforts around the country,
Northland Poster Collective has produced a set of <b>Employee Free Choice Act buttons</b>
highlighting different aspects the issue. These can be ordered in any volume
and can be mixed together to achieve volume discounts. Corporate America is
mobilizing to prevent this advance in worker rights from becoming reality.
These items are designed to increase the visibility of the Act and appeal to
the varied constituencies whose support will be vital if we are to prevail. You
can view these buttons at <a
href="http://www.northlandposter.com/employee-free-choice-act.html">http://www.northlandposter.com/employee-free-choice-act.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>MEMORANDUM from Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice
President, AFL-CIO:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Corporations and CEOs will do anything in their power to
keep workers from forming unions and bargaining for a better life. Their front
groups are running a massive $200 million propaganda campaign of lies and
distortion about the Employee Free Choice Act - and we have to counter them
with truth.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>That's what the <b>Turn Around America Media Fund</b>
will enable us to do-to go on the airwaves and in print and online ads to set
the record straight. We have to raise millions of dollars from the
AFL-CIO. We will be combining our resources with those from unaffiliated
unions in a paid media effort through American Rights at Work. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Please make as generous a contribution as possible to the
Turn Around America Fund by going to <a href="http://www.TAAMediaFund.org">www.TAAMediaFund.org</a>
or by writing a check made payable to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer (memo’d
for the Turn Around America Media Fund). Send checks to my office:
Office of the Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO, 815 16th St. N.W., Washington
DC, 20006. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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><a
href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/</span></i></b></a><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span></i></b><a
href="http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html</span></i></b></a><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, and </span></i></b><a
href="http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion</span></i></b></a><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<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"'>[Workers'
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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><a
href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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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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