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Photos by PSARA member Garet Munger
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Garet Munger A contingent of PSARA members join the rally at the Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration on Jan. 16th at Garfield High School. Several members carried the banner on the spirited march to the federal building that followed the rally.
Photo by PSARA Member
Garet Munger PSARA is part of a coalition that brought more than 300 people to a community meeting in Seattle's International District to express our opposition to the decision by the Social Security Administration(SSA) to close the Soc. Sec. Field offices in the International District and in Bell Town. The SSA plans to consolidate the operation of these two office into the Jackson Federal Building which has level 4 security and will present major access problems to many recipients of Social Security.
Seattle Care Congress
Senior Lobby Day A membership that seethes with activity
Resolutions approved by the membership called for defending entitlement programs against any and all cuts, creating a State Investment Trust, and closing special interest tax loopholes to generate state revenue. These resolutions, along with a fourth resolution calling for an end to the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan passed by the PSARA Executive Board, will be forwarded to the conventions of the Washington State ARA and the Washington State Labor Council, with a request for concurrence. Click here for the resolutions.
Our speaker, Mayor Mike McGinn, contemplates the potluck
table. For more photos by PSARA member Garet Munger,
click here.
PSARA members joined more than 10,000 union members and community members for a rally in Olympia on April 8th, demanding that state legislators "Put People
First."
Photo by PSARA Member
Garet Munger
PSARA members add
their voices to the demonstration, vehemently opposing spending cuts that unfairly impact
the poor, the elderly and working people, while corporate tax breaks remain
untouched.
Social Security Protests:
More pictures of the demonstration can be found
here. A
video
of the event is on YouTube.
We’ve been through wars
and depressions, presidents decent and lousy, political defeats and
victories. We love our country, and we believe the best way to show
it is to raise hell about its shortcomings. Our operating principle was expressed
by a wise rabbi nearly two millennia ago: "You are not
required to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty
to abstain from it." |
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A lively crowd of 110 members enjoyed a vigorous interchange of views
with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, passed three strong resolutions, and feasted
on a veritable cornucopia of potluck delicacies at the July 7 PSARA
Membership Meeting. The members also welcomed to the Executive Board
Magdaleno Rose-Avila, Jim Grayson and Anita Nath, further strengthening that
already powerhouse collective.
