Editor's Update: My congratulations to AFT for an incredibly successful and highly organized rally last Friday. They came from Albuquerque with 2,000 t-shirts and went home with none. They handed out food and drink while folks gathered and distributed water along the rally route from the Railyard to the Roundhouse. AFT presented enthusiastic and well-informed guest speakers. They asked rally goers to complete huge WHILE YOU WERE OUT message sheets that were first hung on "laundry lines" for all to read. Later they were delivered to the Speaker of the House and Pro Tem of the Senate. The messages were heart-felt, candid and full of suggested options to teacher pay cuts and student value cuts. They distributed postcards addressed to Governor Richardson for rally-goers to sign demanding he protect kids and teachers from budget cuts. Below is the info we provided in advance of the event.
Santa Fe Rail Runner Depot
YOU NEED TO ATTEND!
410 S. Guadalupe Street
Parking - Manhattan St. Garage & lot @ 500 Market Street
Sack lunch, water, t-shirts for first 2,000
NOON, Friday, the 9th..Meet-Up & Rally at Rail Runner Depot
12:30 pm – March five blocks to Roundhouse
1 - 3:45 pm – Roundhouse Demonstration & Media EventsParking - Manhattan St. Garage & lot @ 500 Market Street
Sack lunch, water, t-shirts for first 2,000
NOON, Friday, the 9th..Meet-Up & Rally at Rail Runner Depot
12:30 pm – March five blocks to Roundhouse
YOU NEED TO ATTEND!
For more details, visit some of these sites:
BETTER CHOICES NEW MEXICO (a new organization worth knowing about!): http://betterchoicesnewmexico.com/
Listen as public radio station KUNM 89.9 FM interviews ATF
President Ellen Bernstein about the October 9 rally, march and
demonstration in Santa Fe to stop lawmakers from cutting the
student value again.
Click here: http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/tpIQcA11HQaC/
Listen as public radio station KUNM 89.9 FM interviews ATF
President Ellen Bernstein about the October 9 rally, march and
demonstration in Santa Fe to stop lawmakers from cutting the
student value again.
Click here: http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/tpIQcA11HQaC/
SIMPLY PUT...
Our kids don't deserve this kind of treatment. Their families cannot afford this. Our entire community will suffer. THERE ARE BETTER WAYS and we've got to make our voice heard.
1. Restore preK-12 student value cuts, higher education cuts, public services cuts, & stop state budget cuts.
2. Close tax loopholes for out-of-state corporations.
3. Roll back tax cuts for richest New Mexicans.
Our kids don't deserve this kind of treatment. Their families cannot afford this. Our entire community will suffer. THERE ARE BETTER WAYS and we've got to make our voice heard.
1. Restore preK-12 student value cuts, higher education cuts, public services cuts, & stop state budget cuts.
2. Close tax loopholes for out-of-state corporations.
3. Roll back tax cuts for richest New Mexicans.
Organizations endorsing this event as of 10/2:
ABQ Teachers Federation
Better Choices New Mexico Alliance
American Federation of Teachers - New Mexico
New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
New Mexico Building Trades Council
Northern Federation of Educational Employees (Northern New Mexico College, Espanola)
Rio Rancho School Employees Federation
ABQ Educational Assistants Association
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
Cibola County Federation of United School Employees
Central New Mexico (TVI) Employees Union
Taos Federation of United School Employees
Cuba School School Employees
Penasco School Employees
Jemez Mountain School Employees
Zuni Federation of United School Employees
Santa Fe School Employees Federation
ABQ Secretaries and Clerks Association
National Education Association - New Mexico
McKinley County Federation of United School Employees
NM Alliance for Retired Americans
New Mexico Labor United
Catholic Church of New Mexico
