Monday, December 11, 2006

58th Annive4rsary - Declaration of Human Rights

Monday, December 11, 2006
4:30 PM: Rally with the Crowne Plaza Hotel Workers at the Sister Cities Bridge.
5:30 PM: Potluck (please bring a dish to pass), Downtown Presbyterian Church (DUPC), 121 N. Fitzhugh St
6:30 PM: Program at DUPC

8th Annual Rochester International Human Rights Day Activities with the Rochester area community committing ourselves to the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as we call for their implementation here and elsewhere

Article 25(1) states that "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including medical care"

Health Care for All: A Human Right in the US?
 The number of uninsured in our area is increasing daily (over 46 million in the US);
 The cost of care is nearly twice that of other industrialized countries per capita per year;
 Businesses, such as Toyota, are planning to relocate to Canada to avoid employer costs of health insurance

The Interfaith Health Care Coalition, a group focused on working with and for New Yorkers to press for universal health care in New York State, is determined to overturn these statistics.

Article 23(4) states that "Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests."

Workers at the Crowne Plaza Hotel deserve a fair and free process to form a union. These rights apply to all working people in the U.S., including the employees of the Crowne Plaza Hotel who are in the fight of their lives as they demand the right to form a union. They deserve a fair and free process to do that.

Human Rights Day Program 2006

4:30 PM Rally with the workers fighting to form a union at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Meet at the Sister Cities Bridge, in back of and between the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the Federal Building on State Street.

5:30 PM Community Potluck in the dining room of the Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St.

6:30 PM Human Rights Day Program
 Reading of the Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 Panel from the Interfaith Health Care Coalition;
 Panel of Crowne Plaza Workers

CONTACTS: Jesse Lenney, Union organizer 414-4274; Sr. Beth LeValley, Health care 721-4918; Mary Boite, general HR info 232-1463

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