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Re: List of Ideas

From:robbymook2015@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com CC: jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com, kristinakschake@gmail.com, marlondmarshall@gmail.com Date: 2015-03-18 16:36 Subject: Re: List of Ideas

Adding Marlon who discussed this with Brandon as well, I believe On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:06 AM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > Fyi > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Mary Kay Henry" <marykay.henry@seiu.org> > Date: Mar 18, 2015 10:40 AM > Subject: List of Ideas > To: "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Cc: > > We just ended our Ignite! Conference in St. Louis, where 1,000 of our best > member leaders gathered to recommit to fighting to build economic and > political power for all workers! > > > > I’m following up on our conversation on how Secretary Clinton can engage > with SEIU members and non-union workers. As you know our members are > putting their hearts and souls into the Fight for $15 and a union, > commonsense immigration reform, delivering on the promise of ACA, Blacks > Lives Matter, and voting rights for everyone. > > > > I’m looking forward to working together to think about how we can create > spaces for the Secretary to have a dialogue with our members and non-union > workers, so she can hear their stories, and they can hear how she’s > thinking about the issues that matter to working people. Here are a few > ideas: > > > > *1. **April 15 -- Fight for $15 Day of Action: *The movement that > started with fast food workers in NYC has exploded to include Walmart > workers, airport baggage handlers and passenger service attendants, home > care providers, child care workers, adjunct college faculty, and other > underpaid people who want to create jobs that pay people enough to actually > live on. On April 15, workers will take action in a major mobilization in > Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and two hundred other cities across the > globe. These workers are taking a huge risk by taking a stand and need > public support in the media and at actions. > > *2. **Workers’ Roundtables: *These would provide an opportunity to > have a conversation with workers about the challenges they face and to test > drive solutions together. For example, we could pull together a group of > childcare providers and fast food workers to talk with the Secretary about > the challenges of our nation’s lack of affordable, accessible, and > universal childcare for low-wage workers and providers. > > *3. **“Walk a Day” with our members*. Sec. Clinton spending a day > with childcare, homecare or other workers would be incredibly compelling > and lift up the courageous, important and difficult work that service > sector workers do every day to take care of our children, elderly and the > disabled. > > *4. **Conversations with SEIU Leadership: *The SEIU Executive > Committee (approx. 30 local union leaders) will meet in May in Chicago, and > our full International Executive Board (70 local union leaders) will meet > in Detroit in June. We could also pull together any subsection of leaders > based on geography, industry, or other criteria. > > > > Here’s a list of some of what’s on our calendar already. We’re > surprisingly nimble and could add public or private events with relatively > fast turnaround. > > > > March 30 – April 3 National Week of Action for Commonsense > Immigration Reform > > April 15 Fight for $15 Day of Action > > May 1 May Day Actions for Commonsense > Immigration Reform > > May TBD SEIU Executive Committee Meeting, > Chicago > > May/June TBD SCOTUS decision on King v. Burwell > > June 8-12 SEIU International Executive Board > Meeting, Detroit > > > > I look forward to talking more. Will be in Eastern time zone the rest of > the week. > >