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== Rally & March for JOBS and benefits, not cuts! ==

=== SATURDAY, APRIL 16th at NOON ===
<big>[[Pioneer Courthouse Square]]</big>

Direct from the front lines of the battle in Madison — Mahlon Mitchell, President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin.

When talking about why he led the firefighters into the capital to protest Scott Walker’s attacks on working people, Mitchell explained, '''“When firefighters see an emergency, we respond.”'''

'''EIGHT MILLION JOBS were lost in the 2008 meltdown.''' Today there are more than five job seekers for every job. ''Congress should '''focus on creating jobs, not cutting the safety net!'''''

=== Let’s stand up for community values! ===
* Create good jobs now—stop job-killing trade agreements.
* Protect and strengthen the safety net.
* Support collective bargaining as 15,000 workers launch campaign for fairness at work in Portland.
* Wall Street should pay for the economic crisis, not working people!

=== Please bring non-perishable food items for the Oregon Food Bank. ===
For more info, please call:
:JwJ at 503-236-5573.
:[http://www.jwjpdx.org/ www.jwjpdx.org]

== CO-SPONSORS ==
[[AFSCME Council 75]] | [[AFSCME Local 189]] | [[AFSCME Local 3135]] | [[AFSCME Local 328]] | [[AFSCME Local 88]] | [[Ainsworth United Church of Christ]] | [[Alliance for Democracy]] | [[Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757]] | [[Bridgeport United Church of Christ]] | [[CWA Local 7901]] | [[East Timor Action Network, Portland]] | [[Economic Justice Action Group of the First Unitarian Church]] | [[Education Without Borders]] | [[Enlace]] | [[Graphic Communications Intl Union/IBT Local 767M]] | [[IAM Lodge 1005]] | [[IBEW Local 48]] | [[ILWU Columbia River Pensioners]] | [[ILWU Local 5]] | [[Inland Boatmen’s Union of the Pacific]] | [[Intl Socialist Organization Portland]] | [[IUPAT Local 10]] | [[Jewish Voice for Peace]] | [[KBOO 90.7 FM]] | [[Laborers International Union Local 483]] | [[Metanoia Peace Community]] | [[Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good]] | [[Natl Assn of Letter Carriers Branch 82]] | [[National Lawyers Guild Portland Chapter]] | [[NW Oregon Labor Council, AFL-CIO]] | [[OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon]] | [[Oregon AFL-CIO]] | [[Oregon Education Association]] | [[Oregon Fair Trade Campaign]] | [[Oregon Fed of Nurses and Health Profls]] | [[Oregon Progressive Party]] | [[Oregon Working Families Party]] | [[Oregonians for Renewable Energy Policy]] | [[Portland Central America Solidarity Committee]] | [[pdxjustice Media Productions]] | [[Portland Alliance]] | [[Portland Association of Teachers]] | [[Portland Firefighters Assn Local 43]] | [[Portland Peaceful Response Coalition]] | [[PSU – American Assn of Univ Professors]] | [[Right to Survive]] | [[Rural Organizing Project]] | [[SEIU Local 49]] | [[SEIU Local 503]] | [[Social Justice Council of the First Unitarian Church]] | [[St. Francis of Assisi Church]] | [[Street Roots]] | [[Teamsters Local 206]] | [[UNITE HERE]] | [[United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555]] | [[Witness for Peace Northwest]] | [[Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Portland Branch]] | [[Workers Action]]

[[Category:Past events]]
[[Category:Street Protests, Rallies, Demonstrations]]
[[Category:Jobs with Justice]]
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