Pittsburghers are standing up to the city’s biggest bully: UPMC. Join us September 7th for a rally and march in Oakland to demand that UPMC act like a real charity.

Pittsburghers are demanding that UPMC executives STOP:

• Firing and harassing workers organizing to build Pittsburgh’s middle class
• Threatening to cut off access to patients who have the “wrong” insurance
• Suing the taxpayers of Pittsburgh to avoid paying their fair share like the rest of us

In recent weeks, UPMC has taken its attack on labor and our community to a new level – inviting the National Right to Work Committee into Pittsburgh to run expensive TV ads attacking unions! This has become a fight not just of UPMC workers, but of all of labor in our region.

Enough is enough. It’s time for our region’s largest “charity” to start acting like one!

RALLY AND MARCH

Saturday, September 7th at 11 am

Bigelow Blvd and Forbes Ave in Oakland

Click here to RSVP.

Please check out this website launched today by the Workgroup for Safe Markets. It is a collection of groups united by common concern about hazardous chemicals in our homes, our bodies and our environment; and a common vision of a cleaner, healthier economy.

Visit www.safemarkets.org or the links below to find out more.

Why Chemicals Matter: http://www.safemarkets.org/why-chemicals-matter

Toxic Chemicals in Products: http://www.safemarkets.org/toxic-chemicals-in-products/overview

Finding Safer Products: http://www.safemarkets.org/finding-safer-products-simple-steps-to-protect-your-health-and-family

Adopted:  July 25, 2013

WHEREAS, USW Local 3657 is committed to promoting and advancing the cause of social and economic justice, and equality for everyone, and;

WHEREAS, USW Local Union 3657 is committed to the principles of non-violence as advocated for and demonstrated through the work of civil rights and labor leader A. Philip Randolph, and;

WHEREAS, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager was racially profiled while walking down the street and unjustifiably killed, and;

WHEREAS, in 1955 Mamie Bradley Till, with the assistance of USW activist Rayfield Mooty and other labor leaders throughout the country, organized rallies and demonstrations to bring attention to the horrific murder of  her son Emmett Till, demanding justice and igniting the spark to the American Civil Rights Movement, and;

WHEREAS, the protection of our most basic civil and human rights are sacred and when those rights are violated, the federal government must uphold them when state and local government will not;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we demand that Attorney General Eric Holder and the United States Justice Department conduct a thorough investigation into the violation of Trayvon Martin’s civil rights, and;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we send this resolution to Attorney General Eric Holder and to the congressional representatives in the jurisdiction of the members of our local union, to our senators, to our members, community allies and partners asking for their immediate concurrence and action.

Our local union is strong and active because we have energetic and committed members working on several different committees to do amazing work.  Here is a list of our local union’s committees, an overview of their role within the local, and details about how you can get plugged into the exciting work they’re doing.

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Summer is the season of bug bites, and bug repellents. Many Local 3657 members will be spending a lot of time outdoors with their families and might be surprised to learn that both the bugs and the repellants you use can pose risks for you and your children. The Environmental Working Group, the nation’s leading environmental health research and advocacy organization, recently released a report that can help you decide what repellant is right for you. Click here to read more.