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WFP is pleased to invite activists and progressives to the first Oregon Working Families Party meeting of 2010. Fusion voting passed last July, and WFP has been working hard. We want everyone to be a part of it. We will have meetings around the State but we're starting in Portland.

Please join us on Tuesday, March 30th, 6:00 PM to discuss issue campaigns we are working on, voter registration drives, and plans to take full advantage of the first year of fusion voting in Oregon. at The Kennedy School Gym, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland (at Jessup St)

And please join us for the socializing (and dancing if you are so inclined) that will follow as soon as the business wraps up. Please let WFP know if you can make it by email.
"Barbara Dudley, Oregon Working Families Party" info@OregonWFP.org

And please notify your friends, especially folks who are interested in learning more about the WFP.

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Portland Area WFP Meeting (Party for the Party!)

http://oregonwfp.org/

What: Party for the Party! Portland Area WFP Meeting (and party!)
When: Tuesday, March 30th, 6:00 PM
Where: The Kennedy School Gym, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland (at Jessup St)

RSVP to info@oregonwfp.org See you on the 30th!

Green Jobs on Line One

More than 45,000 people in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan joined Working America teleforums to learn more about how green jobs will affect their communities and livelihoods. Creation of green jobs stimulates our economy and helps protect and preserve our environment. Teleforum participants got expert answers to questions about apprenticeship opportunities and how green jobs move our country toward energy independence. For more information about green jobs and for tips to help you deal with today's sky-high energy prices, click here.

Unemployed?

You're Not Alone. The Unemployment LifeLine is a one-stop guide for jobless workers. Enter your ZIP code to find resources in your area, from unemployment offices to veterans' services to child care. Get advice from experts. And take action to make the economy work for all.

In the News

Health Care Reform is Coming!

President Obama and Working America members agree: fixing health care is a top priority. President Obama is leading the way to reform our broken health care system, and Working America is keeping the pressure on Congress so that the insurance and pharmaceutical companies can't block change.

We need real reform, including a public health insurance plan option! This option will bring down costs, force the insurance companies to compete and guarantee that secure, high-quality coverage will be there for working families no matter what happens. Help ensure that health care works for everyone by reading more and signing the petition to support the public health insurance plan option and oppose taxing health care benefits.

Working America Joins with Working Arkansans

More than half of all nonunion workers in the United States�nearly 60 million people�say they would join a union right now if they could. But not enough workers get this chance, because the deck is stacked against people who want to join unions. We don't think that's right. That's why Working America went to Arkansas and collected 10,000 handwritten letters asking Sen. Blanche Lincoln to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act. We delivered them to her office so she'll know to "look out for the little man," as one letter-writer urged, by voting yes on this important bill.

Stop By

Our new blog, Main Street, is a source of information on the issues you care about�from health care and jobs to education and the mortgage crisis�and, coming from Working America, you know that the focus will always be on what will benefit working families. Get news, opinions and kitchen-table common sense. Visit Main Street now.

What is Working America?

Working America is a community-based organization for working people that fights for good jobs and a just economy. With our 2.5 million members, we hold corporate and political leaders accountable on issues that matter most to working people. Affiliated with the AFL-CIO and active in every state, Working America is dedicated to making a difference for working families across the country and in your community.

Membership Brings Benefits

Membership in Working America brings access to valuable benefits. Through our partnership with the AFL-CIO Union Plus program, you're eligible for:

Legal Services—Free consultations of up to 30 minutes with a lawyer, free simple document review and a 30 percent discount on other legal services through more than 2,000 law offices nationwide.

Health Savings—Discounts on prescriptions, as well as discounts on vision care, hearing care and diabetic supplies for only $14.95 per year.

Credit Card—Opportunity to apply for a Working America MasterCard� with competitive rates, no annual fee and skip-payment privileges.

Find out more on our website or by calling 1-866-874-6760.

Don't Lie Don't Steal

Working America members are telling Congress that we need laws to regulate the financial industry, prevent execs from lying and stealing, and force Wall Street to start playing by the rules. Working families shouldn't have to pick up the tab for the risks taken by Wall Street. Want to join in?

YOU Decide Our Priorities

Every six months, Working America members choose the priorities to guide our work. Vote now to select our issues for the second half of 2009. There's a long list of problems that demand a solution�broken health care, home foreclosures, corporate corruption and not enough good jobs to support our families. Your vote tells us where to focus our energies.

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