Sequestration Rallies

Chicago Locals:

TUESDAY 3/19 RALLY PREPARATION 7:30 am Tuesday morning (3/19) we need volunteers to assist with handbilling with flyers infront of the Metcalfe building downtown, 77 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604, and other federal buildings while folks are heading into work to spread the word about Wednesday’s rally.

Please contact Nick Kreitman, District 7 Office Manager, 847-970-0575, if you are available.  Handbills about the rally will be provided.

-          Please send over a bullet point list of how Sequestration is impacting your agency as soon as possible- we need press handouts for the rally!!

RALLY WEDNESDAY 3/20

To AFGE Local Presidents and Points of Contact: Please arrive about 10:15 a.m. at the Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building the morning of the Rally (Wednesday, March 20, 2013) – Rally begins promptly at 11:30 a.m. in the Federal Plaza.

-          Please be prepared to speak to the press about sequestration, and to share your story about cuts at your agency

-          Bring your iphone and camera --- TAKE SHORT SEQUESTER STORIES AT THE EVENT the more content we can create from our events the better.  There will be ample time to record brief stories and appeals between chants, and waiting between speakers

-          Wear BLUE and any AFGE gear

-          The Chicago Federal of Labor has endorsed the rally and affiliate unions and community allies will be sending representatives to the rally. Either Jorge Ramierez or Bob Reiter from the CFL will be speaking at the rally.

-          Rally chants will be distributed the morning of the rally on papers,

Signs will be available:

1. Sequester Congress – Not Jobs!

2. Jobs Not Furloughs!

3. More Unemployment Brought to You by Congress!

4. Sequestration Hurts Working People

UPDATES ON OTHER RALLIES TAKING PLACE

Rock Island, IL AFGE Local 15

Call Tracy Leone at 309-738-3196 (Cell) or 563-324-9414  (office) with questions or to RSVP

What: Community Forum on Sequestration's Impact in the Quad Cities 

When: Wednesday March 20th

Time: 5:00-5:30pm

Where: Community Health Care Rock Island 2750 11th St

Speakers: Steve Beck, Federal employee on Arsenal Island with AFGE 15; Tom Seymour, President of the Quad Cities Alliance for Retired Americans; and Tom Bowman, CEO of Community Health Care, Inc. Each speaker will highlight how the sequester cuts will affect the various sectors of our local and national economy. 

MICHIGAN

For SE MI, Metro Detroit: An Informational Pickett/Rally on the public sidewalk in front of the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, MI, hosted by AFGE Local 1658, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (6501 East 11 Mile Rd., Warren 48397 - North side of 11 Mile Rd., between Van Dyke and Mound Roads. Parking is available across the street at 6400 E. 11 Mile Rd.)

For Western MI: A Rally in McCamly Park near the Hart-Dole-Inouye DI Federal Center, in Battle Creek, MI, hosted by AFGE Local 1626, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm.  (McCamly Park is located at the Southeast interseaction of W. Van Buren St. and S. Wash8ington Ave.)

Locations and times are set for Four Rallies by AFGE Local 3272 :
Rally 1: Social Security Administration Office
455 Bond Street
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Start: 11:45 am
End: 1:00 pm
Please park on side street.

Rally 2: Social Security Administration Office
3045 Knapp Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Start: 11:45 am
End: 1:00 pm


Rally 3: Social Security Administration Office
1115 Washington Ave
Bay City, MI 48708
Start: 11:45 am
End: 1:00 pm


Rally 4: Social Security Administration Office
611 E. Genesee Ave.
Saginaw MI 48607
Start: 11:45 am
End: 1:00 pm