Event: FORUM - STOP THE BUDGET CUTS!Come to a discussion with a panel of NYC activists discussion how we can "Stop the Budget Cuts".
Time: 5:30pm
Day & Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Location:
Local 802 Union Hall
322 W 48th St.
(between 8th and 9th Avenues)
Speakers*:
- Marvin Holland: TWU 100*, founder of "Take Back Our Union" movement
- Ajamu Sankofa: Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition*
- Doug Singsen: CUNY Student Union*
- Kit Wainer: UFT*, Teachers for a Just Contract*
Moderator:
Megan Behrent: UFT*, Teachers for a Just Contract*
More Info? Endorse?
Call 646-452-8662 or email nyciso@gmail.com
Background:
You've heard it before: Tough times are ahead, so as much as it hurts, we're all going to have to make do with less. Major cuts will have to be made to programs and services that were already underfunded to begin with.
President Obama has proposed $3.4 billion in aid to NY for education and Medicaid, but this will only soften the blow. It won't stop the cuts (it won't even affect areas outside of healthcare and education—like the proposed MTA fare hike, for instance).
But in a city like ours—the financial center of the United States—it's painfully obvious that not everyone is tightening their belts. When their stock-market gambling habit nearly left the economy in total collapse, the same politicians who said we need to do with less rushed to pass legislation giving Wall Street a $700 billion handout—no strings attached.
Where's the bailout for us? We should demand NO CUTS!
Join us for a discussion about how these budget cuts are impacting working people, and how we can turn the anger against the Paterson-Bloomberg cuts into action.
Sponsors: (List in formation)
- CUNY Grad Center Student Union,
- Independent Community of Educators,
- International Socialist Organization, New York Collective of Radical Educators,
- Solidarity,
- Take Back Our Union Movement,
- Teachers for a Just Contract, Teachers Unite
Distributed by Peter Lamphere
