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<p><strong>Labor's Small Business Friends: </strong>"The U.S. Chamber of
Commerce and other outspoken foes of organized labor like to claim that small
business owners are as anti-union as the notoriously anti-union Chamber and its
big business members. But don't you believe it." Dick Meister, Truthout: <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qh205JLmh3iuJ%2BD226XE60BHNE7zDy3u"><span
style='color:#CC0000'>Read the Article</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Monday
June 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
URGE GOV. PATRICK TO SIGN HEALTH CARE WORKERS’ SAFETY LAW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Violence is a growing problem in hospitals and other health care settings. On
Thursday June 24, the Massachusetts legislature passed and sent to Governor
Deval Patrick <b>HB 1696</b>, An Act Relative to Assault and Battery on Health
Care Workers. This bill will increase the penalties for those who assault
nurses and other health care workers who are providing care. We have only until
Sunday July 4 to get the Governor to sign this bill. So, we need as many people
as possible to call the Governor’s office this MONDAY and TUESDAY and ask
him to sign the bill. Please call the Governor’s office on MONDAY, and
pass this email along to co-workers, family members, and others. Info: Leo
Maley, <a href="mailto:LMaley@mnarn.org">LMaley@mnarn.org</a>. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday June
28 (Fourth Monday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPRINGFIELD
BRANCH OF THE NAACP</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6:30pm,
Christian Embassy, 30 Bowdoin St, Springfield. The <a
href="http://www.naacp.org/">NAACP</a> strives to ensure the political,
educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to
eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Info: Van Johnson, (413)
426-3446.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday
June 29 (every Tuesday) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>WEEKLY CALL-IN TO SUPPORT SMITH HOUSEKEEPING & DINING STAFF</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
Every Tuesday, please take two minutes to call Ruth Constantine, Vice President
of Finance and Administration, at <b>(413) 585-2200,</b> to show your support
for d</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ining and
housekeeping staff at Smith College, members of Service Employees Local 211,
who are in the midst of a crucial negotiation period for their new contract
(the current one expires on June 30). <span style='color:black'>Please let them
know you called by emailing <a href="mailto:supportsmithwomenworkers@gmail.com">supportsmithwomenworkers@gmail.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You
can also show your support by emailing <a href="mailto:rconstan@smith.edu">Constantine</a>
and <a href="mailto:lhunt@smith.edu">Larry Hunt</a>, Executive Director of
Human Resources, and let them know that you support: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>a
2% raise on July 1, 2010 (the same as the majority of staff and faculty on
campus), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>a
commitment from the college to not lay off any more housekeepers and dining
staff during the next 3 years (the expected term of the contract), and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>an
eight hour work day for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click <a
href="mailto:lhunt@smith.edu;%20rconstan@smith.edu?subject=I%20Support%20Local%20211">here</a>
to get started. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
copy <a href="mailto:supportsmithwomenworkers@gmail.com">supportsmithwomenworkers@gmail.com</a>
so they can keep track of the letters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=Boycott></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday June 29</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PICKET UNION BUSTING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>7:30-8:30am, Employers
Association of the NorthEast, <a
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=67+Hunt+Street+Agawam+01001">67 Hunt
Street, Agawam</a>. <b><i>Union Busting Is Disgusting! </i></b>Our area’s
preeminent anti-union law firm, <a href="http://www.skoler-abbott.com/">Skoler,
Abbott & Presser</a>, will be teaching employers about the “New NLRB
(National Labor Relations Board)” and Obama’s “particularly
distressing” NLRB appointment of Craig Becker. More information about law
firms like Skoler, Abbott & Presser is at <u><a
href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/the-anti-union-network/for-profit-union-busters/for-profit-unionbusters.html">http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/the-anti-union-network/for-profit-union-busters/for-profit-unionbusters.html</a></u>.
<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Are you coming? Please let us
know! Please reply now by clicking here: <a
href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org;%20wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%20June%2029&body=Name:%0aPhone:%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(Home?%20Cell?%20Work?)%0a">I'll
Be There</a>, if you are definitely coming or your organization will definitely
be represented. </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Info: Pioneer Valley Street Heat (AFL-CIO Central Labor Council
Members agree to mobilize at least 1% of their members for Street Heat
actions), 732-7970, <a href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org">street_heat@pvaflcio.org</a>;
or Western Mass. Jobs with Justice (Jobs with Justice Members pledge
“I’ll be there at least five times a year for someone else’s
fight, as well as my own. If enough of us are there, we’ll all start
winning.”), 827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Wednesday June 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PICKET UNION BUSTING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>8:30-9:30am, Delaney House, <a
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Country+Club+Rd+Holyoke+01040">1 Country
Club Rd, Holyoke</a>. <b><i>Union Busting Is Disgusting! </i></b>Our area’s
preeminent anti-union law firm, <a href="http://www.skoler-abbott.com/">Skoler,
Abbott & Presser</a> will be teaching “Employment Law 101” to
Human Service Forum members. These non-profit organizations benefit from
government subsidies and contracts. Skoler, Abbott & Presser say they
represent “only the interests of management and employers.” <b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Are you coming? Please let us
know! Please reply now by clicking here: <a
href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org;%20wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%20June%2030&body=Name:%0aPhone:%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(Home?%20Cell?%20Work?)%0a">I'll
Be There</a>, if you are definitely coming or your organization will definitely
be represented. </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Info: Pioneer Valley Street Heat (AFL-CIO Central Labor Council
Members agree to mobilize at least 1% of their members for Street Heat
actions), 732-7970, <a href="mailto:street_heat@pvaflcio.org">street_heat@pvaflcio.org</a>;
or Western Mass. Jobs with Justice (Jobs with Justice Members pledge
“I’ll be there at least five times a year for someone else’s
fight, as well as my own. If enough of us are there, we’ll all start
winning.”), 827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><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-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday
June 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>CORI INDEPENDENCE DAY</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>10am-6pm, Blunt Park, 2460 Roosevelt Avenue, Springfield.
Informative and festive event for community members to know more about the
state’s newly changed Criminal Offender Records laws (CORI) and to manage
CORI concerns like sealing records, getting housing, and securing employment.
See also: <a
href="http://springfieldinstitute.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/cori-reform-roundtable-cori-independence-day-june-30th/"
target="_blank">http://springfieldinstitute.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/cori-reform-roundtable-cori-independence-day-june-30th/</a>.
Info: Betty Agin, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Universal
Community Voices Eliminating Disparities, 413-654-2888, <a
href="mailto:bagin84735@yahoo.com">bagin84735@yahoo.com</a>. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday
June 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"THE MEANING OF THE FOURTH OF JULY FOR THE NEGRO"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Noon-1:30pm, Court Square Park, Court & Main Streets,
Springfield. Reading Frederick Douglass during the Presidency of Barack Obama.
Discussion in Old First Church (adjacent to the Park). In case of rain, both
the reading and the discussion will be held at the Old First Church. Join
Springfield in a communal reading of Frederick Douglass's fiery 1852 Fourth of
July speech, called "abolition's rhetorical masterpiece," to mark
this year as the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War - the beginning
of a slow road to facing the consequences of slavery, a road we are still
traveling today. A collaboration of Mass Humanities, the City of Springfield,
Springfield Museums, the Springfield Public Schools, and other organizations.
Info: <a href="mailto:pbouricius@masshumanities.org">pbouricius@masshumanities.org</a>,
<a href="http://www.masshumanities.org/?p=douglass_events">www.masshumanities.org/?p=douglass_events</a>.
<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-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday
June 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
PETITION FOR SINGLE-PAYER BALLOT QUESTION <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>2pm, meet at the Central Labor
Council building, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield, and deploy to Chicopee after a
brief orientation. To <b>RSVP,</b> click here:<b> <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%206/30&body=Name:%0aAddress:%0aCity%20or%20Town:%0aPhone:%20%20%20%20(Home?%20Cell?%20Work?)">I’ll
Be There!</a> </b>To volunteer for another time, click here:<b> <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org?subject=I%20volunteer%20to%20petition&body=Name:%0aAddress:%0aCity%20or%20Town:%0aPhone:%20%20%20%20(Home?%20Cell?%20Work?)">I
Volunteer!</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>Over the past year we have all
fought hard to establish health care as a human right, but we fell far short of
what we know Americans deserve. We continue to see the health care crisis all
around us in the form of Shaw's workers striking to keep their health benefits,
municipalities dumping public services and closing libraries to pay for their
rising health bill, documented immigrants being dumped from public health
plans, and rising co-payments and deductibles for just about everyone. Health
care continues to be unaffordable for most working families. You can get
“insurance” but not care. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Volunteers
across the state have begun collecting signatures to put this question on local
ballots: <b><i><span style='color:black'>“Shall the representative from
this district be instructed to support legislation that would establish health
care as a human right regardless of age, state of health, or employment status,
by creating a single payer health insurance system like Medicare that is
comprehensive, cost effective, and publicly provided to all residents of
Massachusetts?” </span></i></b><span style='color:black'>Info: <a
href="mailto:wmspn@wmjwj.org">wmspn@wmjwj.org</a>. <i>See also <a
href="http://masscare.org/ma-single-payer-bill/">the Massachusetts Health Care
Trust Bill</a>. </i></span></span><o:p></o:p></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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday <span
style='color:black'>July 1</span> (every Thursday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ISO
MEETING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7:30pm,
Campus Center, room TBD, UMass Amherst. Regular meeting of local chapter of
International Socialist Organization. Info: Gary Lapon, <a
href="mailto:glapon@gmail.com">glapon@gmail.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sunday
July 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>INDEPENDENCE DAY PITCH-IN PICNIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>4-8pm, Rain or Shine, 3 McClelland Farm Rd, Deerfield (home of
Fred & Lynn Rose, 413-774-6540). Can you come (with a folding chair or two,
and your own utensils)? Can you join a committee? Pick one: Set-up;
Cooking; Singing; Clean-up. What kind of food (at least 10 servings) can
you bring? Pick a category: beverages in ice in coolers; appetizer; main
dish for the grill; other main dish; salad/side dish; dessert. Can you bring a
small donation to help with costs? <b>RSVP ASAP to <a
href="mailto:joanjon@gogtt.net">joanjon@gogtt.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday
July 7 (First Wednesday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>7-8:30pm, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles St,
Greenfield ((413) 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. Info: (413) 827-0301, <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>.
<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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday <span
style='color:black'>July 8</span> (changed from First Thursday this month)(note
new time)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NORTHAMPTON
LIVING WAGE COALITION <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6-7:30pm,
Western Mass Legal Services office, 20 Hampton Av #100, Northampton (enter near
Pleasant St, south of/right angle to Sylvester’s). The Northampton Living
Wage Coalition was founded out of concern for those working in our community
who cannot afford to live here and meet their basic needs (for a decent home,
healthy food, appropriate clothing, and health care when needed.) On Nov. 19,
the Northampton City Council voted for a living wage resolution updating its
1998 Living Wage resolution. Using data from the <a
href="http://www.liveworkthrive.org/">Crittenton Women's Union</a> and the
Northampton Housing Authority to calculate a basic needs budget for a single person
without children, the 2010 Northampton living wage is at least $11.90 per hour.
The NLWC will adjust it annually, publicize it, and honor those employers who
pay a Living Wage or make a genuine attempt to do so. Info: Kitty Callaghan,
(413) 584-4034, <a href="mailto:kcallaghan@wmls.org">kcallaghan@wmls.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
now have a good mix of living-wage employers listed, non-profit and for profit,
new and well-established businesses. There are many more businesses paying a
living wage that we want to encourage to step forward to be recognized. Contact
Kitty with suggestions. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday Ju<span
style='color:black'>ly 9</span> (Second Friday) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>STREET
HEAT - THE AFL-CIO MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9:30-11am,
AFL-CIO Hall, 640 Page Blvd, near corner of Osborne Ter, across the street from
the old Westinghouse, Springfield. On the agenda: Shaw’s Strike; Sodexo
organizing; EFCA; Mass Mutual Center workers; Safe Hospital staffing; Green
Jobs; Immigration Reform; Postal job loss; Servicenet; <i>Your Organizing!</i> <b>Community
and labor activists are urged to attend.</b> 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></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saturday <span
style='color:black'>July 10 </span>(Second Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HEALTH
EQUITY ROUNDTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9:30-11:30am,
Tapestry Health, 365 Bay St, Springfield. Addressing existing disparities in
health care and outcomes, and the underlying racism, poverty, and homelessness.
This Springfield Health Disparities Project roundtable provides a forum to
engage community people in dialogue with folks working on community health
initiatives, keeping the community abreast of what is happening, and getting
people involved in working with others to improve community health. Info: Betty
Agin, 747-0321, <a href="mailto:ucved@verizon.net">ucved@verizon.net</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Saturday July 10 (Second Saturday)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>
<b>WALKING TOUR OF FLORENCE ABOLITION ERA SITES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>
10am, meet at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue, Park & Pine Sts,
Florence. Visit the homes of Sojourner Truth, Samuel Hill, and fugitive slave
Basil Dorsey. See the Mill River dam where David Lee and Lydia Maria Child
processed sugar beets as an alternative to slave-grown sugar cane. Stand in the
Pine Grove where William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips spoke before
members of the Northampton Association "utopian" community. Hear
about David Ruggles's Water Cure and the visits of Frederick Douglass.
Donations benefit the David Ruggles Center. These tours are offered the second
Saturday of the month from June through November. Info: <a
href="mailto:info@davidrugglescenter.org">info@davidrugglescenter.org</a>, <a
href="http://www.davidrugglescenter.org/">http://www.davidrugglescenter.org/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>More events
on the Western Massachusetts American Friends Service Committee calendar: <a
href="http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/calendar.html">http://www.westernmassafsc.org/calendar/calendar.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jon Weissman, Coordinator<br>
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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Founded in 1987, </span><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jobs with Justice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>'s mission is to improve working people's standard of
living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize. We believe
workers' rights are human rights and to be successful, we have to be part of a
larger campaign for economic and social justice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To that end, "J with
J" has created a national coalition and a network of local coalitions that
connect labor, community, student, and faith-based organizations and activists
on workplace and community social justice campaigns. Western Mass JwJ
– founded June 5, 1993 – is now a coalition of almost 70
organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Our mailing lists:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<b>Workers'
Rights</b>] <span style='color:black'>The Western Mass. Jobs with Justice
Workers’ Rights list 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><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I'll be
there for workers' rights at least five times a year!</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>” This is the core mission of </span><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jobs with Justice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, affirming that workers' rights are human
rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To subscribe, send a blank email to </span><a
href="mailto:workersrights-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>workersrights-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> or go to </span><a
href="http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/workersrights"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/workersrights</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<b>Health Care Action</b>]
posts events and information that support the large and vibrant Western Mass.
movement for health care justice. Nationwide, </span><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jobs with Justice</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> has prioritized Health Care as a basic human right. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To subscribe, send a blank email to </span><a
href="mailto:healthcareaction-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>healthcareaction-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> or go to </span><a
href="http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/healthcareaction"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/healthcareaction</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<b>People's History</b>]
posts events and other information related to a people's history of Western
Mass, inspired by </span><a href="http://howardzinn.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Howard Zinn</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
To subscribe, send a blank email to </span><a
href="mailto:peopleshistory-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>peopleshistory-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> or go to </span><a
href="http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/peopleshistory"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/peopleshistory</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<b>Solidarity Calendar</b>]
posts other events of interest to the <span style='color:black'>broader Western
Mass. movement.</span> <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
To subscribe, send an email to </span><a href="wmjwj@wmjwj.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>wmjwj@wmjwj.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
with a Subject of "Subscribe Solidarity Calendar".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WMJwJ sponsors [<b>WMSLAP</b>],
the Western Mass. <b>Student Labor Action Project</b> mailing list. </span><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/projects/slap.html"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>SLAP</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> engages student organizations in economic justice
campaigns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
To subscribe, send a blank email to </span><a
href="mailto:wmassslap-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>wmassslap-subscribe@lists.prometheuslabor.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> or go to </span><a
href="http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/wmassslap"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/wmassslap</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WMJwJ co-sponsors [<b>GreenWork</b>],
the mailing list of the <b>Western Mass. Green Economy Working Group</b> of
advocates of a Green Economy which serves local communities; guarantees
workers' rights to organize; and promotes community-owned sustainable projects.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
To subscribe, send a blank email to </span><a
href="mailto:greenwork-subscribe@lists.gaiahost.coop"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>greenwork-subscribe@lists.gaiahost.coop</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> or go to </span><a
href="http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://lists.gaiahost.coop/mailman/listinfo/greenwork</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WMJwJ is a founding member of
the <b>Western Mass Coalition for Immigrant & Worker Rights</b>,
organizations and community members who advocate, educate, organize, and mobilize
to protect the Human, Civil, and Constitutional Rights of all workers and
residents in our communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
To subscribe to its mailing list, send a blank email to <a
href="mailto:wmciwr-subscribe@lists.riseup.net">wmciwr-subscribe@lists.riseup.net</a>
or go to <a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/wmciwr">https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/wmciwr</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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