SLAP Week of Action Events Announced!

March 31st-April 4th is the 3rd National Student Labor
Week of Action. March 31st is the birthday of Cesar
Chavez and April 4th is the day that Dr. Martin Luther
King was assassinated while organizing Memphis Sanitation
Workers in a campaign attempting to connect civil rights
to economic justice.

March 31 - April 4, 2003, students and workers
will celebrate the lives of Cesar Estrada Chavez and
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by joining together to
demand justice for workers on their campuses and in
their communities.

Chicago Student Labor Week of Action Calendar:

Sunday, March 30th

Direct Action Training(and a run through for those
doing direct actions on April 4th) 4-6pm
940 W. Adams, 4th Floor

Brief SLAP meeting
6pm
940 W. Adams, 4th Floor

Monday, March 31st
Cesar Chavez Day!
Teach-in on the History of Farmworker Organizing Movements
with Farmworker Ministries
7pm
University of Chicago
Cobb Hall
5811 S. Ellis

Tuesday, April 1st
Art, Puppet, and Banner Making
5-9pm
UNITE!
333 S. Ashland Ave.

Wednesday, April 2nd
Living Wage Teach-In with SEIU Janitors, ACORN organizers,
and a radical economist Loyola University-Main Campus
Time and Place TBA

Thursday, April 3rd
Kick off the Day of Action Film Screening and Dinner
Argentina Indymedia Activists/Eye of the Storm Productions
These filmmakers have been documenting many of the
untold stories of resistance and revolution in Argentina.
7-9pm
University of Chicago
Harper Hall, room 130
1116 E. 59th St.
FREE FOOD!

Friday, April 4th
(aniversary of MLK's assasination while he was organizing
labor in Memphis, TN, working to connect civil rights
with economic justice

March and Rally to support Chicago Janitors!
Money for Jobs, Not for War!

Students Unite with Workers to Demand:
Living Wages, Health Care, and Pensions for Janitors!
and No War in Iraq! 15,000 Chicago area janitors have
a contract that expires on April 6th. Come stand in
solidarity with the workers and students and demanding
a fair contract foir Chicago's janitors!

3pm
The Thompson Center
Clark and Randolph

Speakers Include: John Sweeney, president AFL-CIO,
Chicago Labor Leaders, Chicago Religous Leaders, and
Chicago Students

(also student and community direct action--contact
Ella at ella (at) uchicago.edu or 773-837-4751 if you are
interested in participating)

For more information about any of these events contact
the Student Labor Action Project at slap_chicago (at) yahoo.com
or at the Chicago Jobs with Justice office at 312-738-6209.

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