May Day 2013!

Local 26 members had a great time celebrating May Day with allies and community members at the 2013 May Day March and Rally in East Boston. ¡Reforma migratoria ahora!  Click on the title for photos.

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Unite HERE! fights for Immigrant Rights

UNITE HERE has been an advocate for immigrant rights for a long time!  Click on the title to see the video.  

Giving in memory of Krystle Campbell

IMPORTANT – Please donate to support our union sister Patty and union brother Billy who lost family member Krystle at the Boston Marathon:

 Personal gifts to the Campbell family.  If you would like to make a personal gift to the Campbell family to help them with their costs during this difficult time, please make gifts as follows:

 

 

Ropes & Gray LLP

Attn: Cameron Casey

800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199 

 

You will not be eligible for an income tax charitable deduction for making this gift.

 

The Krystle Campbell Memorial Fund at The Boston Foundation.  If you would like to make a charitable gift in memory of Krystle Campbell, please contribute to the Krystle Campbell Memorial Fund at The Boston Foundation.  The Memorial Fund will be used to make gifts in honor and remembrance of Krystle to charitable causes important to Krystle and her family.  Gifts should be made as follows:

 

 

The Boston Foundation

Fund Administration

75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

 

You may be eligible for an income tax charitable deduction for making a contribution to The Boston Foundation, which is a section 501(c)(3) public charity.    

 

The One Fund Boston.  If you would like to make a charitable gift to benefit those affected by the Marathon bombings, please consider contributing to The One Fund Boston.  Please visit www.onefundboston.org for more information.

 

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If you would like to make a non-deductible personal gift to the family of Krystle Campbell, go to: http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/supporting-krystle-campbell-s-family/56447

If you would like to make a charitable gift to a memorial fund that will be used for charitable causes important to Krystle and her family, go to: http://www.tbf.org/giving/make-a-gift/krystle-campbell-memorial-fund

If you would like to make a charitable gift to benefit those affected by the Marathon bombings, go to: www.onefundboston.org  

 

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Lost wages: Service workers deserve help

It’s a testament to the generous spirit of hotel and restaurant workers that so many donated their time to feed law enforcement personnel investigating the Marathon bombings. Even though businesses near the blast sites were closed ­— most notably the Lenox Hotel — employees found ways to keep investigators fed and cared for.   Click here to read more.

Canvassing for Linda Dorcena Forry!

We had a great time canvassing for Linda Dorcena Forry for Boston today! Remember, the election is this Tuesday, April 30th – Polls open at 7AM and close at 8PM.
Local 26 still going strong after a day of doors!
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