>Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 20:20:07 -0500 (EST) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Labor Research and Action Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: JwJ National Day of Action for Workfare/Welfare Justice, December >10, 1997 > >Jobs with Justice has called a National Day of Action for Workfare/Welfare >Justice for December 10, 1997. A number of organizations have endorsed this >National Day of Action. > >The themes for the Day of Action will be: > > * Jobs -- The real issue is the creation of full-time jobs paying a >liveable wage. > > * Workers' Rights -- Displacing workers from their jobs and creating >exploitative > workfare jobs without any "employee" rights or protections is not >reform. > > * Justice -- We cannot stand by while poor people are vilified, children >go hungry > and greedy corporations divert scarce public dollars into private >profits. > >Tactics and targets will vary from state to state -- actions will be locally >determined. > >Individuals have begun planning for the Day of Action in at least 25 states >and 31 cities. > >To find out whether anything is already being planned in your area, or to get >suggestions for possible actions you can plan, contact Jobs with Justice at > > (202)434-1106 > > or Fax (202) 434-1482 > > > >Ed Ramthun >AFSCME >Indianapolis, Indiana >
