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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday July 1 (First
Wednesday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<b>FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE</b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7-8:30pm,
Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles St, Greenfield (773-7427).
Organizing local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and
other workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and
statewide and national workers' rights campaigns, including People's Bail-Out
and Employee Free Choice Act. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Info:
827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
<b>agenda</b> includes discussion of a Greenfield town ordinance (3.10) that
requires “public demonstrations” to register in advance with the
police. A Greenfield cop said it applied when we leafleted outside Rite
Aid. We are consulting the Civil Liberties Union.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other
items that folks have placed on the agenda:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Safe hospital staffing – Franklin Medical Center
staffing; state bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Organizing non-RNs at Franklin Medical Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Getting involved in the biomass plant controversy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Franklin County lay-offs and hours cuts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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"'>TO
UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of "Unsub
Workers' Rights".<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: <a href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>"</span>I'll be there for workers' rights at
least five times a year!<span style='text-decoration:none'>"</span></a>
This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice (<a href="http://www.jwj.org/">www.jwj.org</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>
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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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