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STOP TOXIC IMPORTS Rally 10:30 a.m., Feb. 27, Medford, Oregon at Senator Gordon Smith’s Medford Office, Security Plaza 1175 East Main

The issue of lead in toys has gotten quite a bit of coverage in the media. But the problem of Toxic Trade goes far beyond toxics in toys.

Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice is joining with the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, the United Steelworkers and with labor and consumer protection advocates: Congress is on notice that our trade laws must champion safety and environmental standards as well as workers’ rights.

We urge Senator Gordon Smith to Stop Toxic Imports and Support the Food and Product Responsibility Act (S. 2081)

Southern Oregon JwJ

Support the U.S. Food and Product Responsibility Act, introduced in the Senate by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and in the House by Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind. This legislation would safeguard Americans against toxic food and products by shifting the responsibility on to the backs of the companies producing the goods and the importers importing them.

United Steelworkers
 http://www.usw.org

68,000 Oregonians have lost jobs due to NAFTA-style free trade agreements since 1994. Oregon’s Members of Congress are faced with new trade deals that receive little public attention — trade agreements with Peru, Panama, Colombia and Korea to name a few. But the impacts of those trade agreements are far reaching at home and abroad. Working together in Oregon, we ask our elected officials to take leadership in shaping trade agreements that promote healthy communities, keep quality jobs in Oregon, and raise the standard of living in neighboring countries.

Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice and the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign will present a Fair Trade Forum on March 29, 2008 from 2pm to 4pm at the Medford County Library. The townhall event is an opportunity for the community to come together and examine the trade policies that eliminate and outsource Oregon jobs. To encourage working together for new models of fair trade policies that reflect the values of our state.

Speaking up is the first step to challenging NAFTA-style free trade policies

Give voice to laid-off workers, small business owners, grower, ranchers, and elected leaders Stories Project. HAVE A STORY YOU WANT TO SHARE? Contact us at orftc@citizenstrade.org or call 503-736-9777

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SOJwJ’s new committee formed by the Board of Directors on 6/12/07 will do two things:

1. Work with “the Ashland Plan” which is an up and running campaign to open up first the Ashland Library. Kurt Kessler is working with the Ashland campaign and he is also on ournew committee so we have a good liaison.
2. To form an SOJwJ “Workers Rights Board” with the first order of business to focus on the shortfalls of plans for the privatization of the Jackson County Library System. It is the intent of the Board of Directors that this be an ongoing Workers Rights Board which will deal with other issues in the future.

Dear EFCA lobby delegates: Campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) The following people are joining our delegation to lobby Senator Gordon Smith (via Medford office staff)

• Howard Owens- Grants Pass, Retired United Auto Workers
• Brenda Gould- Medford, Citizens for Peace and Justice
• Smoki Donaldson- Medford, Oregon Action/Retired Communication Workers  of America
• Beverly Deleonardis- Central Point, Oregon Action/Retired Communication Workers of America
• Don Monjure- Ashland, Retired California Employees Association/ Southern Oregon Socialist Action
• Allen Hallmark- Ashland, Citizens for Peace and Justice
• Bonnie Wallace- Roseburg, Oregon Nurses Association/Mercy Hospital Bargaining Team Chair
• Penny Kollen- Roseburg, Oregon Nurses Association/Mercy Hospital
• Wes Brain- Ashland, Retired SEIU