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Connecticut Delegation Send Off Start: 4:26 pm End: 6:00 pm 4:30-6pm, 221 Main St, Hartford CT. Sending the Connecticut Congressional Delegation back to Washington with thousands of declarations of support for meaningful health insurance reform. March from Congressman John Larson's office (221 Main St) to Senator Chris Dodd's office (30 Lewis St). Ride from Amherst: Bart Bouricius, 256-1376, canopy.bart@gmail.com, who will be carrying a sign reading “Single Payer: a Public Option.” print Michael Ratner of Center for Constitutional Rights Start: 4:30 pm 4:30pm, Neilson Browsing Room, Smith College Library, Rt 9, Northampton. His topic is CCR's 100 days campaign and his book, The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: A Prosecution by Book. Info: ntalanian@gmail.com. print "Making Contact" Radio Show on Rite Aid and the Employee Free Choice Act Start: 5:30 pm 5:30pm, WMUA 91.1 FM. With only 12% of American workers in unions (down from a third in the 1950s), passing the Employee Free Choice Act is one of Labor's number top goals. print Franklin County Workers' Rights Committee Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm 7-8:30pm, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles St, Greenfield (773-7427). Organizing local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and other workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and statewide and national workers' rights campaigns, including People's Bail-Out and Employee Free Choice Act. print