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Fenty’s Strategy: Cut City Services, Attack District Workers?
On Thursday, November 20th the DC Workers’ Rights Board will be holding a hearing at the DC City Council on the impact of the proposed budget cuts on public services. The hearing will examine recent attacks on public workers in city agencies ranging from mental health to public schools. Community leaders, workers, parents, students and city administrators will testify. The Mayor, City Council and Chancellor have been invited to participate.
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“Wage Theft in America” book tour launches in DC
This week Interfaith Worker Justice founder and director Kim Bobo launches her new book, “Wage Theft in America,” which examines “the crime wave no one talks about†— how billions of dollars worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year.
We interviewed her to find out more:
DC JwJ: What motivated you to write a book about wage theft?
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VERIZON’S FiOS FINALLY COMING TO DC! LABOR AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ASK, WHO WILL BENEFIT?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 27, 2008
Contact: Ruth Castel-Branco, 202.489.2273
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Verizon’s FiOS: Make It Count for DC
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“BILLIONNAIRES FOR THE BAILOUTS†TO LOBBY HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE BEFORE VOTE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 1, 2008. 5:45pm
Contact: Ruth Castel-Branco, 202.489.2273
“BILLIONNAIRES FOR THE BAILOUTS†TO LOBBY HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE BEFORE VOTE
WASHINGTON, DC- As the House gets ready to vote on a new set of bailout initiatives tomorrow, DC community, labor, student and faith organizations will be staging a rotating street theater action targeting the House Banking Committee on Capitol Hill.
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Fall 2008 Newsletter
In this issue:
* Public Sector Workers Under Attack. DC JwJ Stands Up, Fights Back.
* Profiles of Solidarity: Two Leaders Who Are Helping to Build DC JwJ.
* Gerry Brittain Education Project Launches.
* Facing What Divides Us: Building Alliances Across Cultures.
* Help Build the Movement for Workers’ Rights: Become a Sustainer! Visit https://secure.ga6.org/08/Dcdonate.
MAYOR IMPROVES BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, IGNORES WORKERS’ RIGHTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pedro Cruz, 202.445.0411
October 14, 2008
MAYOR IMPROVES BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, IGNORES WORKERS’ RIGHTS
WASHINGTON DC–As Mayor Fenty launches the District’s first online permit service at Home Depot today, members and allies of the DC Workers’ Union will rally outside the store at 10:00am to demand greater enforcement of unpaid wage violations.
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Stand Up for Public Workers, Support the Workers’ Rights Board
Workers’ Rights Board Hearing
“Defending Public Workers”
Thursday, Nov. 20th
6:30 – 9pm
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW room 412
Metro Center or Federal Triangle Metro
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Symposium: What’s Up With Venezuela?
WHAT’S UP WITH VENEZUELA? Participatory Democracy or Democracy as Usual?
A National Symposium
Friday, April 18 – Sunday, April 20, 2008.
Howard University, Washington, DC
Speakers include:
BERNARDO ALVAREZ HERRERA, Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.S.
STEVE ELLNER, author of Rethinking Venezuelan Politics and several books on the Venezuelan labor movement
GONZALO GÓMEZ, National Association of Free and Alte
ative Community Media (ANMCLA)
GREG WILPERT, Venezuelanalysis
Jorge Guerrero, Network of Afro Venezuelans
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic Policy Research
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“BILLIONAIRES FOR THE BAILOUT†TAKE BACK AMERICA
“Billionaires for a Bailout” and their friends in Congress took to the streets Wednesday and Thursday demanding blank checks from taxpayers and sending the message “We Broke It, You Fix It.”
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