[WestMALocals] Fwd: [rsumass] [Solidarity
Calendar] Corrections/Additions/Job Opps
pronoblem
james at pronoblem.com
Wed May 31 22:43:17 EDT 2006
what we are up against:
http://pics.livejournal.com/mitdasein/pic/000264d5/
Owen Broadhurst wrote:
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> From: WMass Jobs With Justice <wmjwj at wmjwj.org>
> Date: May 31, 2006 9:10 PM
> Subject: [rsumass] [Solidarity Calendar] Corrections/Additions/Job Opps
> To: WMass Jobs With Justice wmjwj at wmjwj.org
>
> Thursday June 1
> PUBLIC MEETING: NO TO BUSH WAR ON IMMIGRANTS
> 7pm, Somatics System Institute, 32 Masonic St, Northampton. Public
> meeting of Northampton Branch of the International Socialist Organization
> (ISO) to dispel the lies about immigrants and to discuss how the working
> class can fight back against the racist guest-worker program and the
> militarization of the Mexican border - by building a grassroots,
> multi-racial movement from below. ISO calls for amnesty now for
> undocumented
> workers and full equality, union rights, and civil rights for all. Info:
> mailto:annie at zirin.com.
>
> Friday June 2
> RALLY TO SUPPORT ST VINCENT'S WORKERS
> 3pm, St Vincent Hospital, near DCU Center, 123 Summer St, Worcester
> (http://www.stvincenthospital.com/aboutUs/MapsAndDirections). It took St.
> Vincent Hospital workers a YEAR to win the right to bargain. It's taken
> ANOTHER YEAR for the company to agree to bargain in good faith!
> They've been
> patient long enough! Come to a rally to support St Vincent Hospital
> healthcare workers in their fight for a first contract. They help others
> every day - now it's our turn to help them! If you cannot make the rally,
> please send a letter, asking St Vincent Hospital to bargain in good
> faith,
> to John Smithhisler, President & CEO, St Vincent Hospital, Worcester MA
> 01608. Info: Jobs with Justice, mailto:jwj at massjwj.net.
>
> Monday June 5
> WHAT THE H.E.C.?! RALLY & MARCH
> 3pm, rally at HEC Central offices, 97 Hawley St, Northampton
> (headed
> into Northampton on Pleasant St, take a right on Holyoke St and a left
> onto
> Hawley St), march to Pulaski Park on Main St. Please join the UAW
> Local 2322
> members of Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC) to support their
> campaign for a fair contract with fair wages. UAW and HEC have been in
> contract negotiations for over a year and HEC has thus far has not
> made an
> offer for defined wages, instead offering a proposal incorporating
> "fuzzy"
> math that does not guarantee annual raises for the majority of
> workers. UAW
> HEC members provide services to some of the most needy, difficult, and
> demanding students in the region. Those students come to HEC because
> districts they live in can not provide those services. Info: Ron
> Patenaude,
> 534-7600, mailto:uaw2322 at uaw2322.org.
>
> Wednesday June 7
> BUILDING A WMASS SOCIAL FORUM - POTLUCK!
> 5:30pm, potluck dinner/meeting, Nuestras Raices' new farm at Jones
> Ferry Road, Holyoke (if rain: Nuestras Raices office, 329 Main St,
> Holyoke)
> (www.nuestras-raices.org/directions.htm). "Another World Is Possible."
> This
> is the slogan of the World Social Forum. Since its first meeting
> Brazil in
> 2001, the World Social Forum has become the largest gathering of social
> movements in the world. The Social Forum is united in its opposition to
> neoliberalism (the dominant economic model: "free" markets, "free" trade,
> minimal government, privatization, deregulation) and imperialism, and
> in its
> commitment to building "another world" grounded in sustainability and
> social
> justice. There have been numerous regional social forums throughout the
> world, including one in Boston in 2004. A local group of activists is
> exploring the idea of holding a Social Forum in Western Mass.
> Interested? See WSF Charter of Principles at
> www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=4&cd_language=2.
> Info: Emily Kawano (Center for Popular Economics), 545-0743,
> mailto:emily at populareconomics.org; Jo Comerford (Western Mass AFSC),
> 695-6059, mailto:afsc at crocker.com; or Susan Theberge (SAGE), 253-2161,
> mailto:reneandsusan at comcast.net; or Carlos Fontes, 259-1762.
>
> Thursday June 8
> S.2535 HEARING - TESTIFIERS NEEDED
> 1pm, State House, Boston. Have you faced hardship taking time off
> from work to care for a spouse, child, or elderly relative? Could you
> have
> benefited from paid family emergency leave? Mass Senior Action Council
> (MSAC) is seeking one or two people to testify in favor of a paid
> family and
> medical leave act. This bill, introduced by State Senate President
> Travaglini, would provide fully paid leave up to $750 a week for a
> maximum
> of twelve weeks for all Massachusetts workers, both public and
> private. The
> bill still needs work to make it effective for low wage workers and those
> who have had to change jobs frequently, and MSAC is working to see that
> changes are made. There is strong support in the Senate but not in the
> House
> at present. Testimony on the importance of this act to Massachusetts
> workers
> and their relatives will be important in creating an effective law.
> Info, to
> testify: John Bennett, 786-3741.
>
> Thursday June 8
> CITIZENS AWARENESS NETWORK (CAN) MEETING
> 5:30-7:30pm, Green Fields Market, 144 Main St near corner of Wells
> St, Greenfield (look for large green awning). Join your neighbors
> working to
> shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor. Broader public
> involvement is
> essential. How far do you live from Vermont Yankee? Find out at
> www.jcsm.com/twozips2.asp (Vernon zip is 05354).
> CAN envisions a future of safety, prosperity, and health for all.
> People generate their own electricity in their own homes and communities.
> Local energy production creates local jobs. Renewable energy is
> integrated
> into all of our buildings - our homes, businesses, schools, and public
> buildings. It is easy for everyone to access sustainable and affordable
> energy sources. Clean, efficient energy use is standard practice. Family
> farms and locally owned businesses are the backbone of our communities
> and
> we have what we need to provide for our future. Info: Deb Katz, 339-5781,
> mailto:can at nukebusters.org; www.nukebusters.org/11.0.html.
>
> Sunday June 11
> DEB KATZ AT PEACE PAGODA
> 11am, Peace Pagoda, Leverett. Deb Katz of the Citizens Awareness
> Network will speak at the Leverett Peace Pagoda to honor the birth of the
> Buddha. She will speak about reasons to shut down Vermont Yankee and to
> convert to green power. Info: Deb Katz, 339-5781,
> mailto:can at nukebusters.org; www.nukebusters.org/11.0.html.
>
> Sunday June 18
> FATHER'S & OTHER'S DAY WALK & RALLY
> 10am, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor, Vernon VT; 12:30PM,
> Brattleboro Common, Brattleboro VT; 2pm, Entergy Headquarters, Old
> Ferry Rd,
> Brattleboro VT. Info: 863-8952 or 339-5781.
>
> Wednesday June 28
> REMEMBER STONEWALL RALLY
> 4:30pm, Greenfield Town Common. Connecticut Valley Coalition for
> Women's Lives would like to sponsor a Remember Stonewall rally. It
> would be
> helpful to know if others are similarly interested. So, if you think you
> would be able to attend and/or could help with community outreach or
> other
> aspects of the planning, please contact Susan Dorazio, 367-9356,
> mailto:susandor at crocker.com.
>
> Wednesday June 28
> STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE FACE OF
> CORPORATE
> HEGEMONY
> 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Society of Northampton and Florence,
> 220
> Main St, Northampton. The story of a California County's struggle for
> local
> control, with featured speaker David Cobb, fresh from Measure T, a
> California ballot initiative barring outside corporate money from
> Humboldt
> County elections. It is a challenge to the 1978 US Supreme Court decision
> (Bellotti v First National Bank of Boston) that overturned a
> Massachusetts
> law forbidding corporate funding of issue-oriented referenda. The
> landmark
> Bellotti case played a major role in defining the legality of corporate
> political spending and supporting the legal doctrine that a
> corporation must
> be treated as a "person" with vested constitutional rights. While
> striking
> down the Massachusetts statute, the Supreme Court also declared that it
> would have considered arguments against corporate spending if there
> had been
> evidence showing that corporate advocacy imminently threatened to
> undermine
> democratic processes. Info: Shays 2,
> mailto:carolyn at publicpurposecommunications.com.
>
> EARLY 2007
> Planning is now underway for a conference on Labor and Technology,
> to be held in the Boston area in early 2007. If you would like to
> participate in the organizing committee, please join the discussion at
> www.communicateordie.com/forum/54. "Communicate or Die" is a web site
> devoted to improving unions' use of internet technology, hosted by Steve
> Dondley from the Pioneer Valley Labor Council, 732-7970,
> mailto:s at dondley.com.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The Community Education Project has two Co-Director positions available:
> Program Director & Administrative Director
>
> CEP is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1991 to
> address the
> need for English language and basic literacy skills among Latino
> adults in
> the city. While literacy and language programming remains at the
> heart of
> CEP's activities, over the years its work has expanded to include popular
> education, leadership development, and community initiatives involving
> learners in addressing issues of concern to themselves and to their
> fellow
> community members.
>
> Info, to apply: Rene Theberge, Director Search, Community Education
> Project,
> 317 Main St, Holyoke MA 01040, mailto:rtheberge at cepholyoke.org.
>
>
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