[CRNMC] Fwd: Worker Rights & Community Rights Campaigns Launched in Two States

[Linda Jupiter]

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> SPOKANE, WA: ENVISION SPOKANE LAUNCHES FIRST-IN-NATION WORKER BILL OF RIGHTS
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> In Spokane, WA, CELDF partner Envision Spokane worked with CELDF to draft a Worker Bills of Rights, which has been proposed as a citizens’ initiative for the November ballot. The proposed Charter Amendment would secure rights for workers, including the right to be paid a family wage and the right to receive equal pay for equal work. Further, the measure prohibits corporations from using their corporate “rights” to interfere with the rights of workers. If adopted, this would be the first such Worker Bill of Rights in the country. Learn more about Envision Spokane and their Community Rights work here.
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> OREGON: COMMUNITY RIGHTS STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
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> The Oregon Community Rights Network (ORCRN) recently launched a campaign to advance a state constitutional amendment codifying Community Rights to local self-government to protect local ecosystems, economies, and way of life. ORCRN’s efforts parallel those of the Colorado Community Rights Network (COCRN), which has a similar campaign under way. CELDF worked with both state Networks to draft the constitutional amendments. The Eugene Weekly covers this story here.
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> As Community Rights gathers momentum in Oregon, CELDF’s Northwest community organizer Kai Huschke has a number of upcoming Oregon events – check out our calendar here, under Announcements.
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> CELDF'S NEWEST PUBLICATION: THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO LOCAL COMMUNITY SELF-GOVERNMENT
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> Check out our newest publication, The People's Right to Local Community Self-Government: Grant Township v. Pennsylvania General Energy Company. This legal brief explains how the right of local, community self-government is not a new right, but one that is natural, inherent, and inalienable, belonging to the people.
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> CELDF IN THE NEWS
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> CELDF’s work with communities across the U.S. to stop fracking and build a movement for Community Rights – including the right to local self-governance, and clean air and water – was recently highlighted by EcoWatch. Check it out here.
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> DEMOCRACY SCHOOL IN COLORADO
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> Communities in Douglas County, CO, are hosting a Democracy School April 10-11. Learn more here.
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