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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;max-width:700px;border:grey'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> info=nijwj.org@mail.salsalabs.net [mailto:info=nijwj.org@mail.salsalabs.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Northern Illinois Jobs With Justice<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 22, 2015 10:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> davidjohnson1451@comcast.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Beware!!! Call on Monday to Stop Fast Track.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=700 height=295 id=banner src="cid:image001.jpg@01D04EF0.57BA7760" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=content><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The vote on Fast Track for the Trans Pacific Partnership may happen in the next few days!<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do you know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership? If so, are you doing everything in your power to stop it?<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you don't know, start by watching this two minute <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H2TTjFodCqtHShZvzLZ3kxD8zmGLYK8%2F">video</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Then Google </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Trans-Pacific Partnership</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> to get more information. Read especially the articles from<a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lcnkAduV8RWoMZrrnCA1qhD8zmGLYK8%2F"> </a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CIvzM6PnFUY%2BPbhcCEiDkhD8zmGLYK8%2F">Public Citizen</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>. When you understand how big a threat it poses, not just to labor rights, environmental protection, food safety, access to medicines, Internet freedom, etc., but to democracy itself, then start calling your elected officials and tell them to vote </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NO</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> on</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b>Fast Track for the Trans Pacific Partnership.</b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>If the TPP is so terrible, why would our elected officials support it? The answer is that the big corporations want it, and these days, they generally get what they want.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Proponents of the treaty acknowledge that if the American people knew what was in that treaty before the vote was taken, it could never pass.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Therefore they want Congress to pass<b> </b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fast Track </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>legislation<b>. </b>That's<b> </b> otherwise known as <b>T</b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rade Promotion Authority</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>,a legislative mechanism for ramming a trade treaty through Congress with no public hearings and no amendments. The American people would never know what hit them.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Start by calling Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, 202-224-5244. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>His vote will be a crucial tipping point for Fast Track</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Then call your two Senators.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Dick Durbin 202-224-2152 or his Chicago office 312-353-4952</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Mark Kirk 202-224-2854 or his Chicago office (preferable) 312-886-3506</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Then, please contact your member of Congress. Ask them each to vote NO on Fast Track and the TPP. You can find contact information for your Congressperson </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RG7g5OJzAcvFThiGRA3uSxD8zmGLYK8%2F"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nb4hFhxNQ%2FIyAdrHExbxARD8zmGLYK8%2F"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>here. </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Of all the current threats to our batterred democracy and well-being, FAST TRACK and the TPP may be the biggest. Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice asks you to get informed and take action in the fight to stop them.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VWmLhhgqMRELyg4aTiOjTxD8zmGLYK8%2F"><span style='font-size:21.5pt'>Click here to unsubscribe</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.salsalabs.com/?email"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. empowered by Salsa"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D04EF0.57BA7760" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>