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For free tickets to the opening of the new Michael Moore movie, "Sicko," contact Richard Stephens of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, scout7610725@yahoo.com. Do it now.
The film opens tomorrow night, Friday June 29, on three screens at the Angelika theater at the Mockingbird Train Station (Mockingbird and Central Expressway). At 9 PM, Jobs with Justice will participate in a panel discussion of the importance of this film. I've been calling it the "first shot" in a war for health care reform that will last through November, 2008. The film is wonderful, the war should be even better.
Nurses are gathering around movie openings all across America
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Despite the tropical rains and airplane cancellations, six of our delegates
made it to the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta.
Around 10,000 delegates are there now. They are building a truly unified movement
for social justice in America, according to Jobs with Justice national. We'll
have a strong report-back.
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Our action for Employee Free Choice was one of 100 successful meetings across
the nation. However, a minority of U.S. Senators were able to block the vote.
It hurts, but it doesn't mean a thing in the long-term effort to win this vital
right to organize. Keep gathering petitions and building the movement!
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"Fast Track" authorization comes up for renewal June 30, but the silence
from Washington is deafening. Public Citizen says that the bi-partisan compromise
over the pending gobblelization bills does not meet any of the goals of working
people nor environmentalists. Some of the unions are working hard to defeat
the "agreement" with Colombia because they murder unionists there.
Others are working against the one with South Korea because it would further
destroy our domestic auto industry. If you were hoping, as I am, to see a united
effort to oppose all four of the pending "trade agreements" and throw
"Fast Track" into history's gutter after them, then the signs aren't
good.
Texas Fair Trade Watch called for a telephone conference July 10 when we'll find out what happened, but that will be after the fact. You can always contact political representatives from the front page of our site: www.labordallas.org
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SEIU 100 is trying to organize the minimum-wage laborers performing vital City
of Dallas services. Call 214-823-2001 or write seiu100txda@acorn.org
if you can help.
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UFCW 1000 is organizing support for civil rights activists opposing Wal Mart.
They have a press conference scheduled at 6 PM Thursday, June 28. Activities
will continue. Contact steveboscardin@ufcw1000
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Our next planning meeting is 7 PM on the second Wednesday, July 11, at Oak Cliff
Methodist, 547 E Jefferson in Oak Cliff. Entrance and parking in rear. There
will be a lot of planning to do.
Love & solidarity
Gene Lantz
214-942-4236
labordallas@sbcglobal.net