This meeting will focus on the campaign to win the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, including a rally with Sen. Kerry. Also on the agenda: Green Jobs; Immigration Reform; Postal job loss; Servicenet; Your Organizing! Community and labor activists are urged to attend. Info; send agenda items to: Jon Weissman, 732-7970, street_heat@pvaflcio.org.

The Employee Free Choice Act will most likely come out of committee in September (delayed by focus on health care). The opposition will respond quickly and ferociously when it is introduced, and we need to be prepared to get our message out as quickly as possible. JwJ Coalitions and CLCs are developing rapid response plans now. Friday’s Pioneer Valley Street Heat meeting will begin developing a rapid response plan here. Please come and help the planning. It’s critical for us to bring the voices of community, religious, and business allies into the debate around EFCA, so we should be talking with folks now about what role we will want them to play. If you find allies willing to speak out when the bill comes out, please send their contact information.