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<p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Labor and Community Organizations for the Employee
Free Choice Act,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>You are invited to send a representative to meet with Congressman
John Olver on Monday April 13, Noon-1pm, location in Holyoke to be determined
by number of responses. Please also forward this invitation to other
pro-Free Choice organizations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b>Please reserve a seat for your organization now.
Simply email <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a> and tell us
who is coming and how to stay in contact with them.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>This is a strategy session understanding that the fight
is in the Senate and that the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation is united
with us. We are exploring the tasks we and they must take on to get the Senate
votes for cloture (we have the votes for passage!).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Organizing a union is a civil right still exercised in an
atmosphere of terror. And with the economic meltdown, the US needs workers’
power to collectively bargain for a better life now more than ever. As
you may have seen, two high profile past allies, Senators Spector and
Feinstein, are frustrating the movement. But the people of the US are
overwhelmingly in favor of the bill - and seeking, at last, to be able to join a
union without fear. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>If you have any questions about this event, please
contact me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>In solidarity,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Jon Weissman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>(413) 827-0301 or (413) 732-7970<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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";
color:black'>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";color:black'>, </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";color:black'>, 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";color:black'>. Donate
to the media campaign: </span></i></b><a
href="https://secure.ga6.org/08/turnaroundamericafund?source=taafundwebpage"><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://secure.ga6.org/08/turnaroundamericafund?source=taafundwebpage</span></i></b></a><b><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. <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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO
UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to </span><a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>wmjwj@wmjwj.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a Subject of
"Unsub Workers' Rights" or to </span><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
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a Subject of
"Unsub Street Heat".<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: </span><a href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'>"</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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";text-decoration:none'>"</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> This is the core
mission of Jobs with Justice (</span><a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.jwj.org</span></a><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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<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-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"'>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;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>street_heat@pvaflcio.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a Subject of
"Subscribe Street Heat".<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"'>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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