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color="#800000"><b><big><big>Restore Our Heat & Lights Campaign!</big></big></b></font></font></big><br>
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<big><font face="Arial"><b><big><big>Planning Meeting</big></big></b></font></big><br>
<big><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#800000"><big><big>Wednesday,
November 12 - 4:00 pm</big></big></font></b></font></big><br>
<font face="Arial"><big><big>Piemonte Room, 5th Flr., Boston City Hall</big><br>
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<font face="Arial"><small>Speaking (left to right): Nan Genger, Women's
Fightback Network; Jenny Cintron, ABCD*; Jean-Claude Sanon, Candidate,
City Councilor at Large, Boston; Josue Renaud, New England Human
Rights; Miya Campbell (chairing), Fight Imperialism Stand Together
(FIST); Andre Francois, Chief Steward, USW Local 8751, Boston School
Bus Union (which has endorsed the campaign); City Councilor Charles
Yancey; Lenore Pereira, Survivors, Inc.*; City Councilor Chuck Turner;
(Not shown:
Councilor Sam Yoon; Jason Leyden, Minister, Community Church of
Boston*;
Bishop Filipe Teixeira, Diocese of St Francis of Assissi, CCA*; Robert
Traynham, USW 8751, Boston School Bus Union; Stevan Kirschbaum, USW
8751, Boston School Bus Union; Tony Hernandez, Organizer, District
Council 35, Painters and Allied Trades*<br>
* id only</small><br>
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On Monday, October 27, City Councilors Chuck Turner, Charles Yancey and
Sam Yoon were joined by community and labor activists at a press
conference/rally at City Hall to tell National Grid and NStar: restore
heat and light immediately to the thousands of Massachusetts residents
who have been shut off! The councilors and speakers made clear that if
the utilities won't do the right thing, then the Governor and the Mayor
must declare an Economic State of Emergency and direct them to restore
power so that no one is without heat and lights this winter. Last May
over 100,000 Massachusetts residents received shutoff notices from the
utilities companies. It is estimated that upwards of 10,000 may be
without power as the winter heating season begins. This campaign is
part of a rising national movement to Bail Out the People, Not the
Bankers, that held coordinated actions in over a dozen cities from
October 24-27 calling for:<br>
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<li><font face="Arial">Emergency moratorium on home foreclosures and
evictions</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">No budget cuts in education, healthcare and
all social services</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">No layoffs, extend unemployment benefits</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">No utility shut-offs - restore all services</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Debt relief for students, poor and working
people</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Protect public and private pensions</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Jobs at a living wage</font></li>
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<b><big><font color="#800000">Heat and Lights Campaign</font></big></b><br>
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<b>Chuck Turner:</b> 617-635-3510 <b>Charles Yancey:</b>
617-635-3131<br>
<b>USW L. 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers:</b> 617-524-3507<br>
<b>The Most Rev. Filipe Teixeira, OFSJC:</b> 617-816-7795<br>
<b>Women’s Fightback Network:</b> 617-522-6626</font><br>
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