EVENTS CALENDAR

Bridge the Economic Gap Day 2008


Send your Bridge the Economic Day Photos to Richard Troxell. We'll get them up on the site!

Here are some 2007 Bridge the Economic Gap photos.


AFL-CIO 586 kept their banner up on their marquee
for over a week!

AFGE Local 916 worked their bridge in shifts.

More shots from the folks at AFGE Local 916!


LaToya Davis, Program Director and Jaribu Hill, Executive Director -- banner hanging at Greenville City Hall, Greenville, MS (Sept 4th)

Greenville, MS City Council member Kenneth Gines, Mayor Heather Hudson, Jaribu Hill and City Council member Carl McGee -- banner hanging at Greenville City Hall

Living Wage Coalition of
Sonoma County


The Hawaiian AFL-CIO office has their banner front and center!

Despite intermittent rain, the Austin ULW groups
get their banners out over Interstate 35!
Daniel Burke from UFCW Local 1442 in Elsegundo, CA
stands by an onramp in west Los Angeles.

The National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington, DC
had a bunch of people bring their old yard signs!

UFCW 1441 gives a different bridge in Austin, TX
the ULW Campaign treatment.

Common Ground Legal Advocacy in New Orleans, LA meet at Claiborne and Esplanade
to draw attention to the plight of poorly paid workers struggling to rebuild the Crescent City.


Wyoming drivers were not going
to miss this banner!

WCH members brought along their yard signs from other ULW events.
Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless of Cheyenne, WY gets its members on the street!

South Florida Jobs with Justice lets their banner say it all
as they gather on the 17th Ave. Bridge.

Jacksonians for a Living Wage and Mississippi ACORN
gather at I-55 & Riverside in Jackson, MS to tell folks about the Universal Living Wage.

More Jacksonians at I-55 & Riverside
pass out ULW materials and carefully weigh down their banner
with (what else?) the nuts and bolts of hard work!

The Sheet Metal Workers #41 in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, draw attention to the Universal Living Wage proposal by draping local bridges with their banner, as well as bringing it to a Labor Day picnic. Thanks to Alfredo M. Mari and Ruben Rodriguez Bonet for the photos!

Bridge the Economic Gap Day 2008
Bridge Location and Coordination
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City: Fairbanks, AK
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Ward Isaacs
Representing: Sheet Metal Workers #23, 1260 Aurora Dr. Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: (907) 452-3864
e-mail: smwflbx@acsalaska.net
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City: Cabot, AR
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Rey Lopez
Representing: Kings Outreach, TKO 2320 Kerr Station Rd. Cabot, AR 72023
Phone: (501) 743 8065
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City: Pasadena, CA
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Kevin Norton
Representing: IBEW 11, 297 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: (626) 243-9700 ext. 1026
e-mail: kevin.ibew11@gmail.com
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City: Visula, CA
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Gracila Martinez
Representing: AFSC Farm Labor/Project Campesino, 208 W. Main St. Visalia, CA 93291
Phone: (559) 733-4844
e-mail: gmartinez@afsc.org
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City: Clifton, CO
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Larry Beard
Representing: IBEW Local 969, 3210 E. Road Clifton, CO 81520
Phone: (970) 242-3431
e-mail: larrybeard@ibew969.com
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City: Hartford, CT
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Paul Silson
Representing: CSEA, SEIU Local 2001, 760 Capitol Ave. Hartford, CT 06106
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e-mail: pfstrike9@yahoo.com
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City: District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Mike O’Neill
Representing: National Coalition for the Homeless, 2201 P St. NW, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (800) 635-0861, (202) 462-4822
e-mail: Michael O’Neill at moneill@nationalhomeless.org.
website: http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
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City: Dover, DE
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Ken Smith
Representing: Denver Housing Coalition, 363 Salisbury Rd. Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 678-2286 ext. 2
e-mail: dhc@housingforall.org
website: www.housingforall.org
City: Tallahassee, FL
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Donald Ham
Representing: Plumbers and Pipefitters Local, 3950 W. Pensacola St. Tallahassee, FL 32304
Phone: (850) 832-3171
e-mail: don592ham@yahoo.com
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City: Honolulu, HI
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Alfred Cardizabal
Representing: Laborers Union Local 368, 1617 Palama St. Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 841-5877
e-mail: al@local368.org
website:
City: Kellogg, ID
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Contact Information: Barbara
Representing: Silver Valley People’s Action Coalition, P.O. Box 362 Kellogg, ID 83837
Phone: (208) 784-8891
e-mail: paccacco@nidlink.com
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City: Freeport, IL
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Steve Vander Heyden
Representing: UAW 745, 2496 E. Maise Rd. Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: (815) 235-9713 ext. 12
e-mail: slvanderheyden@aol.com
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City: South Bend, IN
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Robert Warnock, Jr
Representing: AFL-CIO North Central Indiana Labor Council, 2015 Western Ave. #209 South Bend, IN 46629
Phone: (574) 289-6414
e-mail: nciclc@sbcglobal.net
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City: Bettendorf, IA
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Dean Moyer
Representing: IBEW 1379
Phone: (309) 737-9965
e-mail: papa288@mch51.com
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City: Sioux City, IA
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Jean Logan
Representing: IA Community Action Agency of Siouxland
Phone: (712) 274-1610
e-mail: jlogan@caasiouxland.org
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City: Sioux City, IA
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Jean Logan
Representing: IA Community Action Agency of Siouxland
Phone: (712) 274-1610
e-mail: jlogan@caasiouxland.org
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City: Lawrence, KS
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Heidi Zeller
Representing: Raise the Wage Kansas!
Phone: (785) 760-2764
e-mail: raisethewagekansas@gmail.com
website: www.raisethewagekansas.com
City: Topeka, KS
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Earl Ranson
Representing: United Steel Workers #307, 1603 NW Taylor Topeka, KS 66608
Phone: (785) 234-5688
e-mail: robert@uswalocal307.com
website:
City: Wichita, KS
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Loretta Rockwell
Representing: Labor Federation
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e-mail: copedir@ksworkbeat.org
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City: Louisville, KY
Bridge Location: Kennedy Bridge
Contact Information: Marlene Gordon
Representing: Coalition for the Homeless
Phone: (502) 589-0190
e-mail: mogordon@bellsouth.net
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City: Louisville, KY
Location: Waterston Expressway entrance I 265 bypass around Louisville
Contact Information: Roy West
Representing: Laborer's Local 576
Phone: (502) 375-0581
e-mail: kblocal576@yahoo.com, www.scheatham576@yahoo.com
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City: Louisville, KY
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Keith Steer
Representing: St. John Center for Homeless Men
Phone: (502) 568-6758
e-mail:
website: www.stjohncenter.org
City: New Orleans, LA
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Tom Pepper
Representing: Common Ground Relief, 1800 Deslonde St. New Orleans, LA 70117
Phone: (504) 304-9097
e-mail:
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City: Augusta ME
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: John Napolitano
Representing: VA 716, P.O. Box 496 Augusta, ME 04332-0496
Phone: (207) 621-0555
e-mail: ua716m@uanet.org
website: www.uanet.org
City: Portland, ME
Bridge Location: Casco Bay Bridge in Portland, ME located near intersection of State Street and York St.
Contact Information: Jesse Vear
Representing: Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights (POWER)
Phone: (207) 650-5092
e-mail: power@riseup.net
website: www.povertyontrial.org
City: Boston, MA
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Libby Hayes
Representing: Homes for Families, 14 Beacon St. Ste 814, Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 227-4288
e-mail: rheller@homesforfamilies.org
City: Boston, MA
Bridge Location:
Contact Information: Judy Norsigian
Representing: Our Body Our Selves, 34 Plympton St., Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 451-3666 x11
e-mail: judy@burhbc.org
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City: Cambridge, MA
Bridge Location:
Contact Information: Morton Thomas
Representing: Solutions at Work, Inc
Phone: (887) 252-2452
e-mail: mortythomas@yahoo.com
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City: Cambridge, MA
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Jackie Ladd
Representing: Unitartian Universalist Service Committee, 130 Prospect St. Cambridge, MA 02139-1845
Phone: (617) 868-6600 ext. 218
e-mail: gladd@uusc.org
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City: Haverhill, MA
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Gary Nilsson
Representing: CWA 1365
Phone: (978) 374-6038
e-mail: garynil@yahoo.com
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City: Baltimore, MD
Bridge Location: Rolling Road over Hwy. 695
Contact Information: Sheila Helgerson
Representing: United Ministries
Phone: (410) 522-0225
e-mail: uincorp@emdo.net
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City: Baltimore, MD
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Sister Joan Serda
Representing: Sisters of Mercy, 1322 E. Merthem Parkway Baltimore, MD 21239-1919
Phone: (410) 435-4400
e-mail: jserda@mercybaltimore.com
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City: Cockeysville, MD
Location: I95 & Route 152
Contact Information: Dion F. Guthrie
Representing: IBEW 1501
Phone: (410) 666-1505
e-mail: dion1501@erols.com
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City: Iron Mountain, MI
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Robert Koerschner
Representing: IBEW Local 219, 205 E. Flesheim St. Iron Mountain, MI 49801
Phone:(906) 779-1505
e-mail: ibew219@chartermi.net
website: www.ibew219.org
City: Saginaw, MI
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Bob Orr
Representing: IBEW Local #557, 7303 Gratiot Saginaw, MI 48609
Phone: (989) 781-0516
e-mail: ibew557@worldnet.att.net
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City: Minneapolis, MN
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Sue Watlov-Phillips
Representing: Elim Transitional Housing, Inc., 3989 Central Ave. NE Ste. 565 Minneapolis, MN 58426
Phone: (763) 788-1546 ext. 3
e-mail: suewatlovp@aol.com
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City: St. Louis, MO
Bridge Location: Olive St.
Contact Information: Jay Swoboda
Representing: What’s Up Magazine
Phone: (314) 922-4357
e-mail: editor@whatsupstl.com
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City: St. Louis, MO
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Judy Eubanks
Representing: Community Alternatives, 3238 Chauteau #200 St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 772-8801
e-mail: jlukitsch@community-alternatives.org
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City: Greenville, MS
Bridge Location: 8:30 either @ Greenville City Hall or at last years site: Old 61 (Leeland) & Highway 82
Contact Information: Jaribu Hill
Representing: Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights, 213 Main Street, Greenville, MS 38701
Phone: (662) 334-1122
e-mail: rightsms@bellsouth.net
website: www.msworkerscenter.org
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City: Marks, MS
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Robert L. Jackson
Representing: Quitman County Development Organization, 201 Humphrey St. Marks, MS 38646
Phone: (662) 326-4000
e-mail: rjacksonqdco@yahoo.com
website: www.multi-county.org
City: Kalispell, MT
Bridge Location: outside Union Hall (at 347 2nd Avenue West) (not a bridge, but a good place for a banner!)
Contact Information: Mr. Langley
Representing: IBEW Local 768
Phone: (406) 752-7680
e-mail:ibew768@centurytel.net
website: www.ibew768.com
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City: Chadron, NE
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Tom Samuels
Representing: High Plains CDC, 130 E. 2nd St. Chadon, NE 69337
Phone: (308) 432-4346
e-mail: margueritem@gpcom.net
website: www.youthbuild.org
City: Hastings, NE
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Tom Schik
Representing: South East Nebraska Continuum of Care for the Homeless (Catholic Social Services)
Phone: (402) 463-2112
e-mail: tschikacsshope.org
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City: Las Vegas, NV
Bridge Location: Las Vegas Blvd.
Contact Information: Patricia Martinelli-Price
Representing: Polidor
Phone: (702) 365-5686
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City: Las Vegas, NV
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Gary Pitts
Representing: IATSE 720
Phone: (702) 873-3450 ext. 147
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City: Bethlehem, NH
Location: On building
Contact Information: Marilyn Cooper
Representing: WREN
Phone: (603) 869-9736
e-mail: marilyn@wrencommunity.com
website: www.wrencommunity.org
City: Bow, NH
Location: Downtown Concord
Contact Information: Keith Kuenning
Representing: New Hampshire Coalition to END Homelessness
Phone: (603) 568-2516
e-mail:
website: www.nhceh.org
City: Nashua, NH
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Contact Information: Eileen Brady
Representing: Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, Inc.
Phone: (603) 889-7770
e-mail: eileennsks@verison.net
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City: Collingswood, NJ
Location: Ben Franklin Bridge
Contact Information: Gina Williams
Representing: Volunteers of America
Phone: (856) 854-4660 ext. 111
e-mail: gwilliams@voadv.com
website: www.voadv.org
City: Newark, NJ
Bridge Location: 24 Grant St. & Broad St. next to Route 280
Contact Information: Sandy Accomando
Representing: The Apostle’s House, 24 Grant St., Newark, NJ 07104
Phone: (973) 482-5032
e-mail: apostlehouse@aol.com; apostlehouse@yahoo.com
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City: Mora, NM
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Anita Laran
Representing: Helping Hands, Inc., P.O. Box 708 Mora, NM 87732
Phone: (505) 387-2288
e-mail:all_alaran@yahoo.com
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City: Cattaraugus, NY
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Hobart Rhinehart
Representing: Cattaraugus Allegheny Labor Council, 67 Waverly St. Cattaraugus, NY 14719
Phone: (716) 257-3610
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City: Farmingdale, NY
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Anthony Eramo
Representing: CWA 1104, 1 Florgate Road Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone: (516) 420-1104
e-mail: ate4cwa@yahoo.com
website: www.cwa1104.com

City: New York, NY
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Audrey Berman
Representing: Eviction Intervention Services, 150 East 62nd St. New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 308-2210 ext. 212
e-mail: info@eisny.org
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City: Syracuse, NY
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Howie Hawkins
Representing: Syracuse Green Party, P.O. Box 562, Syracuse, NY 13205
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e-mail: hhawkins@jgc.org
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City: Ashville, NC
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Paul Castalloe
Representing: Center for Participatory Change, P.O. Box 9238 Ashville, NC 28815
Phone: (828) 299-9437
e-mail: paul@cpcwnc.org
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City: Chapel Hill, NC
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
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Representing: Department of Sociology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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e-mail: judith_blau@unc.edu
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Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
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City: Grand Forks, ND
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Rev. Gretchen Graf
Representing: First Presbyterian Church, 5555 S. Washington St. Grand Fork, ND 58201
Phone: (701) 775-5545
e-mail: ggraf@gra.midco.net
website: www.firstpresgf.org
City: Moorhead, ND
Location: Veterans' Memorial Bridge
Contact Information: Ken Ferdette
Representing: Lakes & Prairies Community Action Partnership
Phone: (218) 299-7315
e-mail: joep@lakesandprairies.net
website: www.lakesandprairies.net

City: Lima, OH
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Jean Logan
Contact Information: Charles Fuller
Representing: Regional Canal AFL-CIO, 129 Oakview Ct. Lima, OH 45804
Phone: (419) 222-6803
e-mail: cfuller@wcoll.com
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City: Oklahoma City, OK
Location: I40 & Gate 7 Tinker AFB
Contact Information: Bryan Jackson
Representing: AFGE 916
Phone: (405) 733-3851
e-mail: jacksonb@afge916.org
website: www.afge916.org
City: Bend, OR
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Patricia Moran
Representing: Central Oregon Jobs with Justice
Phone: (541) 617-3879
e-mail: organizer@jwjcentraloregon.org
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City: Coos Bay, OR
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Mary Sholen Clark
Representing: SW Oregon Community Action
Phone: (541) 888-7016
e-mail: marysc@orcca.us
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City: Eugene, OR
Bridge Location: Terry Street Bridge
Contact Information: Claire Syret
Representing: Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network/ Jobs with Justice
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e-mail: essn@efn.org
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City: Portland, OR
Location: Burside Bridge and I 5
Contact Information: Eliana Machuca
Representing: Portland Oregon Jobs with Justice
Phone: (503) 236-5573
e-mail:
website: www.jwjpdx.org
City: Archibald, PA
Location: Italian Festival
Contact Information: E. Scotty Lemoncelli
Representing: Carbondale 130 Musicans
Phone: (570) 876-2164
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City: Philadelphia, PA
Bridge Location: 30th St. Girard Bridge
Contact Information: Roosevelt Darby
Representing: Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness
Phone: (215) 232-2300
e-mail: rdarby@pceh.org
website: www.pceh.org
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City: Toa Baja, PR
Location:
Contact Information: Ruben Rodriquez
Representing: Sheet Metal Workers Local 41, P.O. Box 2397 Toa Baja, PR 00951-2397
Phone: (787) 794-3890
e-mail: rubensmwia@cs.com
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City: Pawtucket, RI
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Rick Roth
Representing: Mirror Image
Phone: (401) 724-5353
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City: Providence, RI
Bridge Location:
Contact Information: Rachel Miller
Representing: Rhode Island Jobs with Justice
Phone: (401) 454-4766
e-mail: rachel@rijwj.org
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City: Greenville, SC
Location: Display in Anderson, SC
Contact Information: Mike Chesser
Representing: Upstate Homeless Coalition of South Carolina, 150 Executive Dr. Box 211 Greenville, SC 29615
Phone: (864) 770-0704
e-mail: mdc@uhcsc.com
website:
City: Greenwood, SC
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Rebecca Lorick
Representing: Games Coalition for the Homeless
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e-mail: rolorick@hotmail.com
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City: Porcupine, SD
Bridge Location: Interstate 90 & Panamonisa
Contact Information: Richard Iron Cloud
Representing: AFSC- South Dakota
Phone: (605) 867-2417
e-mail: artais@mcleodusa.net, rironcloud@afsc.org
website:
City: Sioux Falls, SD
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Hugh Grogan
Representing: Sioux Empire Homeless Coalition, 413 N. Main Ave. 2nd level, Sioux Falls, SD 57105-5920
Phone: (605) 367-4235 ext. 113
e-mail: hgrogan@minnehahacounty.org
website: www.minnehahacounty.org

City: Nashville, TN
Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: John Zirker
Representing: Nashville Homeless Power Project, 42 The Arcade, Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: (615) 573-6895
e-mail: tiffany@homelesspower.org
website:
City: Allen, TX
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Contact Information: Lucie Spencer
Representing: Dallasonians for a Living Wage
Phone: (972)890-8510
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City: Austin, TX
Bridge Location: South 1st & Ben White
Contact Information: Mitch Weynand
Representing: Life Works, 3816 South First, Austin, TX 78704
Phone: (512) 447-5639 ext. 120
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City: Austin, TX
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Bridge Captain: Mary Nicosia
Contact Information: Richard Troxell
Representing: House the Homeless, Inc,
Phone: (512) 796-4366
e-mail: rrtroxell@aol.com
website: www.UniversalLivingWage.org
City: Crawford, TX
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Rena
Representing: Friends of Peace, 9142 E. 5th St., Crawford, TX 76638
Phone:
e-mail: crawfordpeacehouse@yahoo.com
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City: Corpus Christi, TX
Bridge Location:
Contact Information: Kae Berry
Representing: Timmons Ministries
Phone: (361) 937-6196
e-mail: timonsministries@sbcglobal.net
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City: San Marcos, TX
Bridge Location: Hopkins St.
Contact Information: Jeremy Lovelace
Representing: Citizens for Social Democracy
Phone:
e-mail: csd_sanmarcos@hotmail.com
website:

City: Salt Lake City, UT
Bridge Location: Redwood Road
Contact Information: Bonnie Marci
Representing: JEDI Women
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e-mail: jedi@networld.com
website:
City: Salt Lake City, UT
Location: TBA
Contact Information: Linda parsons
Representing: Jobs with Justice
Phone: (801) 606-2074
e-mail: utjwj@xmission.com
website: www.jwj.org
City: Salt Lake City, UT
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Linda Hilton
Representing:
Phone: (801) 364-7765
e-mail: lina@crossroads-u-c.org
website:
City: Arlington, VA
Location: Clarendon War Memorial at Washington & Fairfax Dr.
Contact Information: Deacon Gene Betit
Representing: Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church
Phone: (703) 867-4120
e-mail: genebetit@comcast.net, genebetit@verison.net
website: www.ourladyqueenofpeace.org
City: Brattleboro, VT
Bridge Location: On Building 60 South Main St.
Contact Information: Melinda Bussino
Representing: Brattleboro Drop In Center/ Brattleboro Housing & Human Services/Hunger and Housing Resource Council Council
Phone: (800) 852-4286 ext. 103
e-mail: badic@together.net
website: www.brattleborodropin.org
City: Charlottesville, VA
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Julie Perry
Representing: Salvation Army
Phone: (434) 295-4058 ext. 250
e-mail: jamieyates@att.net
website:
City: Charlottesville, VA
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Joe Szakos
Representing: Virginia Organizing Project
Phone: (4334) 984) 4655 ext. 222
e-mail: szakos@ntelos.net szakos@virginia-organizing.org
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City: Spokane, WA
Bridge Location: I-90 & Altamont Overpass, possibly Arthur Overpass
Contact Information: Joni Brown
Representing: Peace & Justice Action League of Spokane
Phone: (509) 838-6025
e-mail: livingwage@qwest.net
website: www.pjals.com
City: Huntington, WV
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Bill Dotson
Representing: Huntington WV Housing Authority, 300 West 7th Ave. Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: (304) 526-4439
e-mail: bdotsonhh@wvdsl.net
website:
City: Parkersburg, WV
Location: Billboard & General Store
Contact Information: Kenneth Downie
Representing: Roofers Local Union #242 AFL-CIO
Phone: (304) 485-5099
e-mail:
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City: Marshall, WI
Location:
Contact Information: Kristen Zehner
Representing: Manufactured Home Owners Association, 118 Blue Spruce Ln. Marshall, WI 53559
Phone: (608) 655-4523
e-mail: wimhoa@chorus.net
website:
City: Milwaukee, WI
Location: Interstate 94 & 70th Street
Contact Information: Marc Norberg
Representing: SMW #18
Phone: (414) 778-1100 ext. 12
e-mail: www.marcn@core.com
website:
City: Poynette, WI
Bridge Location: On Church Property facing Hwy 51 on Northeast side by restaurant
Contact Information: Fr. Stephen Lee Kurth
Representing: The Harlington Poynette Area Clergy Association
Phone: (608) 635-2468
e-mail: slkurth@juno.com
website:
City: Casper, WY
Bridge Location: banner on the Church
Contact Information: Elder Jerry Sweet
Representing: Christ Chapel Apostolic Church
Phone: (307) 266-9125
e-mail:
website:
City: Cheyenne, WY
Bridge Location: TBA
Contact Information: Virginia Sellner
Representing: Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless, 907 Logan Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: (307) 634-8499
e-mail: wch@vcn.com
website: http://www.wch.vcn.com
City: Laramine, WY
Bridge Location: TBA -- Phone or email for more information.
Contact Information: Tom Martin
Representing: Interfaith Good Samaritan, 710 E. Garfield #127 Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: (307) 742-4240
e-mail: interfaith82070@aol.com
website:


Bridge the Economic Gap Day 2006
Austin, TX ULW Warriors
Austin ULW Warriors turn out despite the first rainstorm in weeks!
Eugene, OR ULW Warriors

Eugene, OR ULW Warriors
Eugene, OR Warriors use the banner and various signs to catch the eyes
of Eugene commuters.

The Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless
gathers in force. ULW Warriors from Cheyenne, WY use both music and the media to draw attention to our cause!


More of the Cheyenne, Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless
at the Bridge 2006 Action Day.


HOUSE the HOMELESS, Inc. & Universal Living Wage Campaign
“Llenar el VACIO ECONOMICO” Con el "www.Universal Living Wage"
Acompañenos en nuestros puentes nacionales para proclamar el:
El Salario de Vivienda Universal Un Evento Historicò-Estaremos en puentes en Cada Estado de Nuestra Nacion
De acuerdo con la premisa moral que cualquiera persona que trabaja 40 horas a la semana debe de tener los recursos para rentar casa en cualquier lugar que el trabajo se hace a través de los E.U.
Plane a unirse en las banquetas de la calle 11 y 12 sobre la IH35.
4:30-6:30 p.m. (a las 6:30 estaremos con nuestros amigos del Pan de Mobiles y Pescados)
El salario mínimo federal es $5.15 por hora. Hay 10.1 millones de trabajadores del salario mínimo. De esta gente 40% son cabezas de familia. No tienen ninguna cobertura medica, ni pago para enfermedad, ningunas ventajas de retiro y no consiguen ninguna vacaciónes.
En los Estados Unidos 3.5 millones de personas experimentarán falta de un hogar este año. El gobierno de Estados Unidos dice que 42 % trabajan durante la semana. Evidentemente, la ética de trabajo está allí ... pero el salario no esta. Con $5.15 la hora hasta los trabajadores de tiempo completo no tienen los recursos para rentar casa. Con la iniciación del ULW, moderadamente, más de un millón de trabajadores de salario mínimos podran trabajarse ellos mismos fuera de las calles de América!
Con esto evitaran falta de hogar economica para todos los 10.1 millones de salario minimo.
Acompañenos para: DIA De Llenar el Vacio Economico!
Contacto: Richard R. Troxell
796-4366 o rrtroxell@aol.com
El movimiento acaba de empezar!
Guarden la Fecha-Martes dia 5 de septembre-Dia de los Trabajadores Mas 1

Bridge the Economic Gap Day 2005
Bridge the Gap 2005 Austin, TX group
Our First Annual Bridge the Economic Gap Day was a success with the help of Universal Living Wage Warriors in 50 States, Washington DC and 86 different communities. Thank you one and all for your support and efforts toward getting the word out to the nation.

ULW Warriors- Keep those photos coming to rrtroxell@aol.com


Doug Wayland and the Colorado Coalition for
the Homeless "Warriors" in Denver, CO
display the banner over a well trafficked
highway. They also flew the banner on
Labor Day during the Taste of Colorado in
Denver's Civic Center Park. Thanks, Doug
for the mile high support.
The lawyers of the Alabama Alliance for a
Living Wage came out and waved their banner
for the ULW! The above picture was taken at
their rally and press conference at
Birmingham City Hall.

More Alabama Alliance pics: Their location was Center Street at I-20 & 59W in Birmingham, AL.

ULW warriors fromThe National Coalition for the Homeless and the National NAACP pose in Washington, DC.
Thanks to Michael O'Neill for this effort.
Duluth, MN Sheet Metal Workers 10

The First Presbyterian Church, Grand Forks, ND
"ULW Warriors" headed by Gretchen Graf,
made sure that the word got out in the heartland.

Susan Perry, Education Chair of UAW
Local 685, organized on the overpass at
U.S. 35 and Davis Road, Howard County, IN.
You guys look great!


Gene Betit from Social Justice and Outreach in Arlington, Virginia sent us this shot.
County Board member Chris Zimmerman
and Debbie Church display the banner.


With Mississippi still reeling from Katrina,
our hats go off to LaToya Davis of Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights
for displaying the banner at Hwy 82 and
Old Hwy 61 in Leland, MS. All ULW Warriors
support and pray for a speedy recovery
in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.


Lakes & Prairies and Partners bridge the gap at the Fargo-Moorhead Veterans Memorial

OR Jobs with Justice--Bridge the Economic Gap 2005 OR Jobs with Justice 2005 Bridge ULW event
OR Jobs With Justice ULW 2005 Bridge Event Oregon ULW warriors came out fighting by
staffing two bridges for the 2005
Bridge the Economic Gap day!

Portland Jobs with Justice and
Eugene-Springfield Solidarity
Network/Jobs with Justice have also
posted photos at portland.indymedia.org .

Claire Syrett describes her groups
as small but dedicated. Thanks, Claire.

More" Bridge the Economic Gap" pictures!
Austin, TX had several banners up! Here's a sampling of the folks who turned out for our Bridge Event!

We finally got a picture of one of our Spanish signs! The ULW crosses every line--sex, race, national origin, age, culture--and extends a hand to all who believe in a just living wage!

www.UniversalLivingWage.org !
April 15th—Tax Day—is our Campaign Anniversary. In just three years, our goal to fix the Federal Minimum Wage has garnered the support of over 1250 separate organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
Every Tax Day we ask the recipients of our campaign kits to go to their main post office on tax night, take a few people, a couple of red and white yard signs and the banner and help make a statement about taxes and wages:
"If all businesses paid a Universal Living Wage, we could reduce the tax burden on every single American!"
Put out a simple press release that you'll be there and then go! Get 15 minutes of fame and you're done.
At the National Coalition for the Homeless, we are fighting for truly Affordable Housing, Health Care for everyone and Livable Wages for all.
Join us on April 15th.
(A suggested Press Release follows.)

Press Release
For Immediate Release
Who: Organizations, citizens and businesses in support of the Universal Living Wage: Universal Living Wage Warriors!
What: Demonstration
When: April 15th Tax Day—evening news time—live!
Where: At the Main Post Office
Why: To show that; if ALL businesses paid a Universal Living Wage, we could reduce the tax burden on every single American!
Visit: our interactive website at www.UniversalLivingWage.org (endorse the campaign on-line and get a campaign kit)

TAX DAY 2002

 

TAX DAY 2003
 

Tax Night 2004
The Battle for a Living Wage Continues!

April 20, 2005

ULW Tax Day 2005, Austin, TX

TAX DAY 2005


An Open Letter to the Universal Living Wage Campaign...

Richard,

I hope this email finds you doing well. Our campaign on Tax Day went great. I utilized 37 of my stewards to handbill as well as fly the UniversalLivingWage signs that you sent. I still have a few taped to the windows of our Local Lodge.

On June 15, 2005 the Detroit Air Transport will be performing informational picketing at The Detroit Metro Airport from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and we will use whatever signs I have left along with our picket signs. This is a huge union town as you know, and we get a lot of attention about the cause. I passed along signs to our local UAW members, and SEIU members.

I would love to participate in the Bridge Banners. Our Local Lodge is committed to your organization and the cause. I will be proposing a motion for a donation to your organization to our membership, which I know will pass...have to do the formality thing.

Keep up the great work!

Stephen M. Gordon

President
Detroit Air Transport Local Lodge 141
International Association of Machinists And Aerospace Workers

 

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