From sarahloose at gmail.com Mon Feb 8 18:40:00 2010 From: sarahloose at gmail.com (Sarah Loose) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:40:00 -0800 Subject: [Pdx-raid-watch] Wage Theft in America - Feb. 18 and 19 In-Reply-To: References: <20100208101631.lrdlz97rgmiskwgw@webmail.nwjp.org> Message-ID: *Concerned about the exploitation of working people in the Pacific Northwest?* *The Northwest Workers' Justice Project is pleased to bring you?* Two unique opportunities to join *NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST KIM BOBO* as she discusses the wage theft crisis in the U.S. and practical solutions for addressing it. *In conjunction with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon -* *Work, Religious Values & the Common Good: A conversation with Kim Bobo* Join us in a discussion with Kim about the impact of the recession on work in the U.S., the need for strong worker protections, and how religious values inform the commitment to work and justice for workers. *Thursday, February 18, 2010* *7:00 p.m.* *At the Multnomah Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends* *4312 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97215* *Wage Theft in America: An evening with Kim Bobo* A special reception, free and open to the public. Come hear about Kim's book, *Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - and What We Can Do about It*, and NWJP's efforts to defend the rights of Oregon's low-wage workers. Signed copies of Kim's book will be available for purchase. Donation to NWJP requested. *Friday, February 19, 2010* *5:30 pm - 7:00 pm* *At SEIU Local 503* *6401 SE Foster Road, Portland, OR 97206* Please RSVP to lindsay at nwjp.org . *Kim Bobo is the founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, the nation's largest network of people of faith mobilizing to improve wages, benefits, and conditions for workers, especially those in the low-wage economy. Kim is the author of several books, including her most recent, *Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - and What We Can Do about It*, the first and only book to document the wage theft crisis in the nation and propose practical solutions for addressing it. NWJP is grateful to count Kim among our advisory board members. * *Please contact NWJP Program Assistant, Lindsay Jonasson, at 971-235-6131 or lindsay at nwjp.orgif you would like more information! * _______________________________________ The Northwest Workers' Justice Project is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon that supports workers and their organizations in the struggle to defend and strengthen the rights of low-wage contingent and immigrant workers, especially in the Pacific Northwest. To make a tax-deductible contribution to our work, please make your check payable to our partner organization, NEED Fund. Checks can be mailed to: 917 SW Oak St, Ste 412, Portland, OR 97205. You can also donate online at www.nwjp.org.Thank you - your support makes our work possible! *If you do not want to receive emails from NWJP, please reply to lindsay at nwjp.orgwith UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.enabled.com/pipermail/pdx-raid-watch/attachments/20100208/dc2a7dcf/attachment.htm