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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dear members</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Kathy Black, a national convenor of US Labor against the War, will be visiting Perth on a speaking tour on March 4 and 5, the tour is organised by Just Peace and Community Solidarity. <BR><BR>US Labor against the war is a group of unionists focused on increasing the participation of trade unions within the broader US anti-war movement. The group has over 150 affiliates across the US including state and city-wide labour councils and local union branches. In 2005 it successfully pushed for a policy demanding a rapid withdrawal of troops from Iraq at the convention of the AFL-CIO, the national peak union body in the US. <BR><BR>This will be an opportunity to hear first hand about how trade unions in the US are resisting George Bush's criminal wars in Iraq and<SPAN></SPAN> Afghanistan, and the cost for ordinary working people in the US in terms of massive cuts to healthcare and other government services. <BR><BR>Kathy Black has been an active unionist in Philadelphia for 20 years, and currently works for the national public sector and health care workers union AFSCME. She has been involved in many community campaigns over the years and is currently also active in the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the National Organisation of Women (NOW) Philadelphia. <BR><BR>Further information on US Labor against the war can be found on their website at </FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/ href="http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=3>www.uslaboragainstw<WBR>ar.org</FONT></A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Public Meetings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Fremantle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>When:6.30 pm Tuesday March 4 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Where: Maritime Union of Australia Hall, 2-4 Kwong Alley North Fremantle</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana size=2>When: 12.30pm Wednesday March 5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Where: Bush Court, Murdoch Uni</FONT></DIV>
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