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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>Northampton Living Wage Coalition presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:44.0pt;
font-family:Chiller'>Living Wages v. The Financial Crisis: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>Thursday February 19 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>7pm, Conference Room, second floor, room 234/236,
Potpourri Plaza, 243 King St, Northampton, opposite Stop & Shop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img
width=530 height=282 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C92FDF.A0C41FB0"
alt="cid:00e201c92e10$cbadcfd0$46a37780@Dell820"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>Ian Seda</span></b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>a staff economist from the Center for Popular
Economics*, will speak on stagnant wages and debt leading to the current
economic meltdown, and how a living wage strategy fits into fixing it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>Pete Myers</span></b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>co-founder of the Tompkins County Living Wage
Campaign, now the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, will describe the
successful Living Wage campaign in Ithaca NY. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>Northampton Living Wage
Coalition members</span></b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>will describe the campaign for a City
Council resolution updating the 1998 Northampton Living Wage Resolution for
employees with health insurance to $9.88, and $11.87 for employees without
health insurance; collecting petition signatures supporting the resolution; asking
local business owners to commit to paying a living wage; publicly recognizing
them if they do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'><img width=504 height=102 id="Picture_x0020_0"
src="cid:image003.jpg@01C98D5A.4F2FB730" alt="Living Wage.bmp"></span><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>For more information, contact: Jon Weissman,
413-827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Perpetua","serif"'>or Kathryn Collins, <a
href="mailto:kathryncollins52@yahoo.com">kathryncollins52@yahoo.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>*<a href="http://www.populareconomics.org/">Center for
Popular Economics</a> teaches economic literacy to activists for progressive
social change. CPE creates and communicates economic theories that challenge
systems of oppression based on class, race, gender and nation. CPE works to
demystify economics by providing workshops and educational materials to
activists throughout the US and around the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>"</span><span style='color:blue'>I'll
be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!</span><span
style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>"</span></a> This is the core mission
of Jobs with Justice (<a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.jwj.org</span></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>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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