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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>As Special Assistant to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney since July
2008, <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qzEsGJoKM&feature=related">Stewart
Acuff</a></b> has been crisscrossing the country championing one of the highest
priorities of the federation—passing the <a href="#Win">Employee Free
Choice Act</a> to restore the freedom to form unions and bargain collectively
to America’s workers. He’s been a community organizer and
union organizer for over 30 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Stu will give a rousing May Day speech Friday May 1 in the <a
href="#Directions">Campus Center Auditorium</a>, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, as part of the annual Western Mass. Jobs with Justice May Day
celebration and fundraiser. He’ll be flanked by music by The Raging
Grannies, <a href="http://www.joseayerve.com/">José Ayerve</a>, <a
href="http://tomneilsonmusic.com/">Tom Neilson</a> & Kat Allen, <a
href="http://www.myspace.com/redvalleyfog">Red Valley Fog</a>, <a
href="http://www.jaymankita.com/">Jay Mankita</a>, and Verne McArthur. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The event is cosponsored by <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>AFSCME Local 1776<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>American Friends Service Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Co-op Power<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Collective Copies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hampshire/Franklin Central Labor Council AFL-CIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Massachusetts Nurses Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Massachusetts Society of Professors (Massachusetts Teachers
Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council AFL-CIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>UMass Graduate Student Senate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>UMass Labor Relations & Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>UMass Labor/Management Workplace Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>UMass Professional Staff Union (Massachusetts Teachers
Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>UMass Student Government Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>United Auto Workers Local 2322 / UMass Graduate Employees
Organization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1459<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>University Staff Association (Massachusetts Teachers Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>WMUA 91.1FM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>and many individual donors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Directions</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> to UMass Campus Center Auditorium: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Lincoln Campus Center is in the very center of the UMass campus.
The building is tall and concrete and visible just north of the Pond, all easy
to spot from North Pleasant St in Amherst. Any parking lot is fine to
park in and free after 5 any day and on weekends. The Campus Center
garage costs $1.50/hour, capped at $3 after 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>See the maps & free parking info at <a
href="http://parking.umass.edu">http://parking.umass.edu</a>, bottom of page.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>To get to UMass: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>From the north, take 91 south to Exit 25 for Route 116 in South
Deerfield. Then take 116 south to the UMass exit in Amherst. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>From the south and MassPike Exit 4, take 91 north to Exit 19 for
Route 9 in Northampton and go east on Route 9 to Route 116 in Hadley.
Take the UMass exit off 116. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>You’ll end up on Mass Ave. Take that to the first
light, Commonwealth Ave, and take that to either the parking garage (closest to
the Campus Center) or to any nearby parking lot. Then head toward the
tallest buildings you see at the center of the campus. The tallest one
you come to first is the library and brick, then just north of that is the
student union and attached to it (tall again) is the Campus Center
(concrete). The auditorium is in the basement (down the escalator).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Another option when on Mass Ave is to go straight ahead and park
in any lot on the right after passing tall brick dorms on your right.
>From these lots head into campus walking along the big “U” toward
the fine arts center, a sculptural concrete building at the end of the
“U”. Go past that building and past the pond after it and you
come to the student union and then the Campus Center. It sounds harder
than it is. The map should help a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=Win><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Win</span></i></b></a><b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> the
Employee Free Choice Act - visit </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'><a href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/"><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html"><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, and </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion"><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. Donate
to the media campaign: </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="https://secure.ga6.org/08/turnaroundamericafund?source=taafundwebpage"><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://secure.ga6.org/08/turnaroundamericafund?source=taafundwebpage</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;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";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to </span><span
style='color:black'><a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>wmjwj@wmjwj.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> with a
Subject of "Unsub Workers' Rights" or to </span><span
style='color:black'><a href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>street_heat@pvaflcio.org</span></a></span><span
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Subject of "Unsub Street Heat".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>[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='color:black'><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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> This is the core mission of Jobs
with Justice (</span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.jwj.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>),
affirming that workers' rights are human rights. To subscribe, send an email to
wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Subscribe Worker's Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>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";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>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='color:black'><a href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>street_heat@pvaflcio.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 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";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>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";
color:black'>640 Page Blvd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Springfield MA 01104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(413) 732-7970<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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