Fw: Solidarity Actions! Today (w/Wisconsin Workers) and Tomorrow (w/Mexican Workers)

[Orlando Sepulveda]

--- On Fri, 2/18/11, Arise Chicago <she...@arisechicago.org> wrote: From: Arise Chicago <she...@arisechicago.org> Subject: 2 Solidarity Actions! Today 2/18 and Tomorrow 2/19 To: orl...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 12:53 PM ARISE CHICAGO                              E-News

FEBRUARY 2011 ACTION ALERT

Rally in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers: TODAY   Friday February 19th 5pm at Daley Plaza   Republican Governor Scott Walker has proposed legislation that will slash collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin public workers at the state and local levels.  Madison has become the heart of the struggle for worker and union rights amidst the weak economy and state budget cuts.   Join Arise Chicago, labor unions, and community groups to rally in support of the workers, students, and allies fighting to protect collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin.       Read more about the stuggle in today's coverage from the Wall Street Journal blog and the New York Times     Photo from the Los Angeles Times online: "Protestors of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers pack the rotunda at the state capitol in Madison. (Andy Manis / Associated Press)" Rally in Solidarity with Mexican Miners: TOMORROW   Saturday February 19th 10:30 am Mexican Embassy: 204 S. Ashland, Chicago   United Steel Workers District 7, Arise Chicago, and allies will rally in solidarity with the Mexican Miners Union workers. Five years agot 65 miners died on the job. Their bodies were never excavated and their families never compensated. Read more about the struggle here.

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