A Four-Segment Show from Labor Beat,
begins Thursday, CAN-TV Chicago

On CAN TV Chicago cable tv Channel 19:
Thurs., Jan. 10, 9:30 pm
Fri., Jan. 11, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Jan. 17, 9:30 pm
Fri., Jan. 18, 4:30 pm

1. Peru Trade Agreement Action at Obama HQ, Chicago
Members of the Chicago Trade with Justice Working Group paid a visit to the Obama for America headquarters in Chicago on Dec. 15, 2007. They wanted to tell Senator Barack Obama that they are concerned with his failure to appear at the recent Senate vote on the US-Peru “Free Trade” Agreement. They left a statement for Obama, a current candidate for U.S. President, and expressed their disappointment that he skipped the vote on the Peru trade pact. They were even more concerned that Obama, along with Sen Hillary Clinton, made public statements supporting the Peru Trade deal and that Illinois Senator from Illinois, Dick Durbin, voted in favor of it.

2. Healthcare Vigil at Cook County Commissioners Meeting—For the Patients' Budget Amendment Nurses, medical staff, patients, clergy and commissioners hold Healthcare Vigil at the Nov. 27, 2007 meeting of the Cook County, IL Commissioners to vote on the Patients' Budget Amendment, sponsored by Commissioners Suffredin, Claypool, Maldonado, and Quigley. For more information: National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) at 312-491-4902.

3. Grove Parc Today, Tomorrow It Will Be You
Residents from the Grove Parc Apartments subsidized housing complex on Chicago's South Side held a spirited demonstration at the Federal Plaza in Chicago's Loop on Nov. 19, 2007. Their homes, at the proposed site of the 2016 Olympic Stadium, may get bulldozed by the city's gentrification plans. More info: 773-753-9674. Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. 6 minutes. Labor Beat is affiliated with IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer, not necessarily of IBEW.

4. Maersk Picket! Port of Tacoma
On Nov. 7th 2007 a picket line was called to push the administration of Maersk (headquarters in Tacoma) to allow workers to join the union of their choice instead of the company union that managers have imposed on them. Jobs With Justice organized the picket, Tacoma SDS and other community members who heard word-of-mouth about the picket went to the port to show solidarity. Produced by Tacoma Students for a Democratic Society.

Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is affiliated with IBEW 1220. Views expressed are those of the producer, not necessarily of IBEW. For info: mail (at) laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330.