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All four of George Floyd’s murderers have filed motions to have their charges dismissed – the latest was Derek Chauvin on Aug 28. These motions (along with other motions) could be heard or scheduled in court on Friday, Sept. 11. Court starts at 9 a.m. We will hold a protest starting at 8 a.m.We must not let these four officers get away with murder!
October 19, 2020 will be Jonathon’s 2 year angelversary. We are asking everyone to wear their Justice for Jonathon Tubby shirts or face masks on this day and to post you in his shirt or mask on social media. Please tag one of us or the Justice for Jonathon Tubby facebook page. Justice for Jonathon Tubby
AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments is honored to announce its very first Black Labor Week, a week dedicated to providing education and empowerment. These events are open to everyone interested in increasing their knowledge and awareness.
Our first annual Black Labor Week will kick-off Monday, September 14th with a week of interactive and inspirational events. All trainings will be hosted on Hopin, an online conference platform.
Monday, September 14th from 7:30 – 9:30 PM EST: Black History: Race and Racism in America
Tuesday, September 15th from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST: History of the Labor Movement in Connection with the Civil Rights Movement
Wednesday, September 16th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST: Protest to Policy
Thursday, September 17th from 7:00 – 10:00 PM EST: The 2020 Census: Making Black Voices Count
Friday, September 18th from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST: The Power of the Black Vote
Staff in Planned Parenthood’s D.C. office celebrated their first contract yesterday. Reached after more than three years of negotiations, the agreement works to address equity in the workplace, codify benefits, and provide staff — members of SEIU 500 — a voice in organizational decision making. “We are the doers,” said Aaron Wilder, a member of the D.C. bargaining unit leadership team, “the employees who come to the job every day to tirelessly fight for Planned Parenthood patients and reproductive rights.” The D.C. staff joins other Planned Parenthood staff who have already joined a union, including those in the organization’s offices in Miami, Greater New York, the Rocky Mountains and Northern New England. Read more here
By Tara Raghuveer, The Appeal. September 7, 2020 | Educate!
Above photo: Protestors demonstrate during a ‘No Evictions, No Police’ national day of action protest on September 1, 2020 in New York City.
This eviction moratorium will save lives, but everything about it is a page out of Trump’s re-election playbook.
On Tuesday, when the rent was due once again and as 43 million Americans braced for possible eviction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a nationwide eviction moratorium that will run from Friday through Dec. 31.
This eviction moratorium, unlike the one under the CARES Act policy that expired in late July, appears to apply to all rental units nationwide. Now, regardless of whether they receive federal funding or financing, landlords may not evict their tenants based on their inability to pay the rent.
The order applies wherever there is not a more protective state moratorium in effect, like in Missouri and Alabama, where the governors never issued statewide eviction protections. But it does not override any jurisdictions that provide the same or greater protections for tenants.
The CDC order responds to months of outcry from organizers, tenants, and policymakers, taking a decisive stance: ending evictions is a public health imperative. The order reads: “In the context of a pandemic, eviction moratoria—like quarantine, isolation, and social distancing—can be an effective public health measure utilized to prevent the spread of communicable disease.”
In order to benefit from this protection, tenants will have to declare their inability to pay to their landlord, using a form provided by the CDC (and included in the text of Tuesday’s order). Tenants are eligible to make this declaration if they earn less than $99,000 annually or less than $198,000 as a household, were not required to report income in 2019, or received a stimulus check.
The CDC’s national eviction moratorium may keep millions of tenants in their homes until the new year, and in turn it could save untold numbers of lives as COVID-19 remains an active threat. But, of course, it’s not so simple.
Facebook event: https://bit.ly/33hlm2p
1075 Burns Street, Detroit – 12 NOON
Indian Village is a historic district in the city of Detroit. The neighborhood name was chosen to give it a distinct character, not to honor any former village or Indigenous people. Join us on September 12th to increase awareness and have respectful conversations with people to encourage the neighborhood to change the name in a good way.
We ask that all people attending please wear masks, we will have hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes available but if you can bring your own that would be wonderful! Migwech!
Facebook event: https://bit.ly/33hlm2p
Enough is enough. The community and the Acevedo family deserve JUSTICE for Joel Avecedo. Support the movement for Black and Brown Lives in Milwaukee and help us make our demands for reform clear. We will rally until we see change and justice.
WHAT: Join us for a community rally at the Milwaukee Police Association (6310 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee)
WHEN: The rally starts at 4:30 pm.
WHY: The community demands justice for Joel Acevedo’s death in April of this year. Michael Mattioli, a Milwaukee police officer killed Joel by applying a 10-minute chokehold and has not been held accountable. Recently he resigned in lieu of an impending investigation into his culpability. He can now retain his pension. Our community deserves answers and justice.
Guest Speakers: Members of the Acevedo Family, Christine Neumann-Ortiz from Voces de la Frontera, and Liz Brown from Justice Wisconsin.
Your safety is important. Please bring PPE and stay socially distanced.
“Talking about race is hard. It can be controversial. But we’re the Labor Movement. We don’t walk away from a fight. We can’t avoid a conversation on race and injustice and inequality because its hard. That’s not who we are.” -Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
Join the Milwaukee Area Labor Council for a 2 hour conversation on identifying the different ways people feel judged and discriminated against and why it’s important for us as the Labor Movement to become active Allies in the struggle for racial and economic justice.Sign up links can be found in the Facebook event. Sign up today! Space is limited. Wednesday, September 23- https://www.facebook.com/events/764062137780263Tuesday, October 13- https://www.facebook.com/events/651138755523507
Please share with your friends and local unions! Contact jay@milwaukeelabor.org or emily@milwaukeelabor.org with any questions.
Graduate Employees’ Organization 3550
Dear GEO members and supporters,
Tonight, in a historic move, GEO membership voted to reject management’s latest offer. That means we are still on strike – and still hitting the picket line. We appreciate the hundreds and hundreds of picketers who showed up for our first two days of striking – and welcome the hundreds more who will join us. On Thursday, we will be joined by U-M’s Residential Advisors who announced their strike yesterday! When you see them, on and off the picket lines, give them all the solidarity for standing up against a very powerful employer.
Join the next picket shift! Come to the Diag (Central) or Tower (North) for any of the following shifts: 8-11 am, 11am -2 pm, or 2pm-5pm. You will be assigned your picket location on the spot.
Supplies: We’d love to have more megaphones, batteries for megaphones, chalk, savory food/fresh food, and drinks other than water/gatorade. If you can’t drop anything off, contribute to our Strike Fund – and share it with others. The more we raise the longer we fight.
The love and solidarity GEO has received is incredible and demonstrates how much our fight is a fight for all workers on campus. We are moved by the outpouring of support for our struggle and look forward to continuing to fight alongside you. An injury to one is an injury to all.
In solidarity,
Erin, Lucy, and Kathleen
Graduate Employees’ Organization 3550
Hosted by Milwaukee Area Labor Council
Join us on Sunday, September 20 at 4 pm on the corner of 4th street (Vel Phillips) and Michigan in downtown Milwaukee.
We call on all workers to join a socially distanced rally and march to stop Trump and extend benefits for working people NOW.Stand with essential and frontline workers speaking out about working conditions under Trump’s pandemic, economic crisis, and the fight for racial justice.
Essential Workers are everywhere. They are the nurse that holds your loved ones hand in the ICU, the UPS and USPS drivers who are delivering countless packages, the grocery store worker keeping the shelves stocked with the essentials, and the checker who rings you up. They are the social worker that inspects your child’s daycare to keep it safe and the bus drivers who takes you to work or the doctor.
Join us on Sunday, September 20 at 4 pm on the corner of 4th street (Vel Phillips) and Michigan in downtown Milwaukee
