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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Please come to the Jobs with Justice meeting this
Saturday at 10am at Channing-Murray (S.E. corner of Oregan and Mathews ) in the
basement ( Red Herring restaurant ) east-side door, to expand on this recent
success to help the Flex N Gate Workers obtain ; justice, a safe work enviroment
and decent wages via a Union contract.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>David Johnson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Central Illinois Jobs with Justice</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>217-443-8317</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=cschwartz@uaw.net href="mailto:cschwartz@uaw.net">Chris Schwartz</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=iso.champaign@gmail.com
href="mailto:iso.champaign@gmail.com">iso.champaign@gmail.com</A> ; <A
title=occupy.cu@gmail.com
href="mailto:occupy.cu@gmail.com">occupy.cu@gmail.com</A> ; <A
title=cu-immigration-forum@googlegroups.com
href="mailto:cu-immigration-forum@googlegroups.com">cu-immigration-forum@googlegroups.com</A>
; <A title=campuslabor@lists.uigeo.org
href="mailto:campuslabor@lists.uigeo.org">campuslabor@lists.uigeo.org</A> ; <A
title=geo-solidarity@lists.uigeo.org
href="mailto:geo-solidarity@lists.uigeo.org">geo-solidarity@lists.uigeo.org</A>
; <A title=sf-core@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:sf-core@yahoogroups.com">sf-core@yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Good News for Congolese Families</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Friends and Allies -</DIV>
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<DIV>I am very happy to report that Royse & Brinkmeyer Chief Operating
Officer Colin Carlier spent Valentines Day evening hand-delivering letters to
the Congolese households on Mattis Street offering them the opportunity to renew
their leases. We have spoken with 8 of the 11 families, and we're pretty
confident the other three also received similar offers. The company's decision
to reverse its unfair decision came just about five hours after you first began
to send email and make phone calls.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This is a real testament to the power of collective action to make a real
difference for working families. Of course, for these families, this is just the
beginning of their struggle to build a better life for themselves in the United
States. Many of them still face serious health and safety issues on the job, and
must stretch to make ends meet every month. We remain committed to helping the
workers at Flex-N-Gate to form their union. We're in the process of planning a
series of public actions in late February and early March. It's great to know
that we can count on an active, committed, and effective group of activists in
Champaign and Urbana to help us.</DIV>
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<DIV>On behalf of the families and workers, our sincerest thanks for your
efforts.</DIV></BODY></HTML>