Labor

IMPORTANT: LOCATION change from Grand Rapids to Lansing. We are pushing all of our activists to be In Lansing this week to show up and send a message to Governor Snyder to protect families and working Michiganders. For this reason we will be asking activists attending demonstrations at the Capitol to join us at our PPAM office in Lansing to phone bank.

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan is supporting Mothering Justice in their work to ensure that Earned Paid Sick Time does not come under attack during lame duck season.

Solidarity Sunday was created to unify the membership and to come up with solutions that best serve all members interests and common goals we all share in hopes of moving us forward and to protect the rights of each member and the interest of our Union as a whole, to regain power over our union, leadership and collective bargaining process. Not sure who all lives in the surrounding area but this event is open to all Union members, in Solidarity. An injury to one is an injury to all. Remember, United We Stand or Divided We Fall. Equality + unity = Solidarity.

Join For Our Future - Michigan to talk to neighbors and friends as we call constituents throughout the greater Lansing area from 4: 30 pm - 6:00 pm to spread the word about our pressuing legislators efforts to eliminate Paid Sick Leave and rollback the $12 Minimun Wage befroe the end of the year.

Help us by telling your co-workers, love-ones, and friends to let their State Representative know that these are common-sense benefits working families need and deserve.

ALL OUT for a protest at the State Capitol! We will be gathering at the steps of the Capitol Tuesday to raise our voices in anger against the GOP for their anti-democratic takeover of our government.

The lame duck session has taken over Earned Paid Sick Leave and the Minimum Wage ballot initiatives and gutted them. Hundreds of thousands of voters signed a petition to put these to a state wide vote; Republicans have taken this voice away from voters and gutted the legislation themselves, "in the dead of night". This is no less than a coup.

Ready to organize you co-workers to win victories? These workshops are for you. Learn the basics of organizing and creating a winning plan, based on the book "secrets of the successful organizer". Learn time tested methods that work. Registration at 830am. Come to room 2C224 adjacent to the cafeteria.

To register: https://labornotes.org/annarbor

https://www.facebook.com/events/291152231404068/

YOUR CALLS/EMAILS ARE NEEDED!

The "Lame Duck" period begins in the MI state legislature on Monday, November 26 and will run 2-3 weeks. This is when all of the Republicans who were voted out of office in November come back for one last attempt to pass terrible legislation. If you care about the environment, women's reproductive rights, or workers' rights (sick time and minimum wage), PLEASE make your voice heard.

On Nov 28, One Fair Wage and our statewide allies will host a legislative education day at the State Capitol. This will be an important day for us as we will be going directly to lawmakers to urge them to stand with Michigan's 1.3 million minimum wage workers by protecting the raise they won.

The Detroit General Membership Branch Monthly Meeting will be held on November 28th 2018 from 7:00 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET, with dues collection beginning at 6:30 PM ET. It will be held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 1950 Trumbull, Detroit MI, on the corner of Michigan Ave. and Trumbull. The meeting will be in the kitchen, enter through the red door off of the parking lot.
As always, our meetings are open to all workers, but only members in good standing may have voice and vote.

Join Washtenaw Solidarity with Farmworkers and a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in asking the University of Michigan to support farmworker justice.

We will be meeting outside of the Fleming Administration Building to ask President Schlissel to commit to the Fair Food Program, an agreement developed by farmworkers that has eliminated abusive working conditions for farmworkers in supply chains.

The Ypsilanti Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is hosting Organizer Training 101: How to Build the Committee.
This is a training for those interested in learning more about Solidarity Unionism and how to effectively organize in your workplace, with your fellow workers, around your collective demands -- and get them met through Direct Action!

It is a two day training with hours as follows:
Saturday, November 17th 9am-5pm
Sunday, November 18th 10am-5pm