Political Committee of the Steering Committee

The Political Committee will consider a number of projects:

1. Assisting in Worker's Centers, such as the Philadelphia Unemployment Project.

2. Involvement in the Philadelphia American Federation of Labour-Congress of Industrial Organizations newly established Civil Rights Committee.

3. Providing information on unemployment organizations.

4. Involvement in direct actions such as unionized Black Lives Matter and Unemployment Benefit demonstrations of UNITE HERE at thwChamber Comerace and the African American History Museum..

5. Members of the Philadelphia Chapter NWU attended demonstrations demanding a continuation of unemployment benefits.

6. The Philadelphia NWU Chapter is assisting in pressuring the U.S. Senate to continue unemployment benefits as previous. Sign petitions for the HEROES Act. Take action: go to---
   http//www.actionnetwork.org/forms/heroesact

7. The struggle against the Trump administration move to take away the ability of unions to orgainze has been ramped-up as the adminstration supplied a budget to Congress to cut Social Security funding drastically.

8. The Philadelphia Art Museum workers won unionization through the AFSCME through join support of numerious orgsnizations in the union movement.

9. We have entered the Move the Money to Human Needs campaigns through the Us Peace Council at uspeacecouncil.org

The NWU organizing drive is key. More than 40,000 creators nation wide are unemployed.

Numerious publications are now out of business with the Covid-19 Crisis ongoing.

We have begun television broadcasts with our members training to support greater NWU unionization.

All creators can tune into phillycam.org/watch and come to assist this project. We need video editors, interviewers, and trainees for studios and equipment.

We have an agreement with PhillyCAM to have our Philadelphia NWU members join PhillyCAM under group memberships and not pay individual PhillyCAM membership fees.

The NWU Philadelphia NWU Chapter breakfast will be rearranged to fit into present circumstances and is planned the early summer or fall of 2021, depending upon the Covid-19 Crisis.

Many of us are meeting virtualy, and can help you if you are unemployed, behind in your rent, need food or medical care.

Check with the Philadelphia Unemployment Project has virtual rallies; call 2679754706 and/or Community Legal Services for additional unemployment information as in the above photo.

The Philadelphia Chapter of NWU will meet vitually until the Covid-19 Crises is safely controlled.

TAKE ACTION: For petition sites and direct actions you can take part in and make a difference, see: MOVEON.ORG, COLOUR OF CHANGE, and UNEMPLOYMENT ACTION.

CALL OR TEXT 2672597196 for more information; take action on worker issues.

CALL OR TEXT 2672597196 at least a day before our meeting date to attend meetings virtually.

Stay well, stay safe, and take action !!!!!!!