Coalition Against Poverty/Coalition for Social Justice

Speak-Out for Working Families

6 p.m. - 8 p.m., March 11, 2008

Buttonwood Senior Center (at Buttonwood Pond)

New Bedford

We need a large turn-out to let ourour legislators know how strongly we feel about our Working Families Agenda!

• Close Corporate Tax Loopholes. Fund Essential Services

Schools ~ health care ~ housing ~ child care ~ fuel assistance ~ city services

•  We need to build on our past HEALTH CARE victories.

     Make sure our new health care plans are affordable, accessible and high quality.

• We need to increase funding for Rental Vouchers.

     Working families need assistance paying extremely high rents.

• We need CORI reform. People should be able to get jobs and housing and not have their pasts held against them forever!

We will also be advocating for:

• Paid sick days for all employees,
• Safe staffing levels for nurses and patients in hospitals,
• MCAS alternatives
• Eliminating toxic chemicals in everyday cleaning products
• Eligibility for food stamps & cash assistance for legal immigrants
• Increasingthe amount people receive for fuel assistance

Together we can make sure that working families come first!

But we can't do it without YOU!

We need a big turnout to make

government work for all of us!

For more info., child care, or a ride: call 508-999-2777 or e-mail missy@caporganize.org

Note:  Coalition for Social Justice/Coalition Against Poverty e-mails previously sent out from bgilbarg@aol.com will be now be sent out from csjorganizer@aol.com.