[CIMC-work] please add to calender

[platelet at riseup.net]

Hello - please add to front page calender. I
will post to newswire right now. Thanks, Rachael
Perrotta
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Join the 2004 Rally for Retirement and
Carpenter’s Rights!

30 YEARS OF SERVICE/55 YEARS OF AGE AND OUT!

Thursday, May 6th
6:00 P.M.
12 E. Erie St. Chicago
Chicago District Council of Carpenters and Joiners

After one year of campaigning, thousands  of
petition signatures, local motions, and finally
the 2003 rally for retirement, carpenters from
around the Chicago District Council successfully
knocked down the age of retirement without
penalty from 62 to 61.

LETS GET ANOTHER YEAR!
On May 6 we will be  returning to the District
Council on allocations night  to rally and turn
in over 5500 signatures calling for  30/55 AND
OUT! If you are a tool carrying  carpenter, YOU
NEED TO BE THERE! The trades  take too great of
a toll on our health to be working  into our
sixties. This advance is needed to help our 
brothers and sisters enjoy the fruits of their
labor  at an age where it is still possible!

With work at  its lowest level in years, and
carpenters  scrambling to make their hours,
30/55 and out creates more work and hours for
all  of us still swinging the hammer!

Demands for Carpenters Rights
*Bring an equitable and fair out of work system
to the locals
* Remove the 175 hour cap on benefits paid by
the contractors
* Return our right to vote for the District
Council (its in federal court right now!)
* Create a real contract effort in 2005 with a
direct vote from the membership!
* Reduce the executive pay of our officials to
be closer to the average wage of working
carpenters!
Earl Oliver: $234,000/yr
Jeff Isaccson: $200,000/yr
Gary Paritnart: $218,000/yr

Carpenters For A Rank And File Union
P.O. Box 28, River Grove IL. 60171
(312) 203 - 2553
RankAndFile1 at yahoo.com
www.CarpentersRankAndFile.com