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This Sunday – The Great Orchestra – WOŚP

It is time once again to support the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.

The 19th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra will be held on Sunday, January 9th. This year, the Orchestra will be raising money to buy medical equipment for children with urological and nephrological diseases

Sylwester Prokurat, Assistant Professor, Ph. D explains the need:

We would like to be able to detect diseases of the urinary tract earlier, because this enables early treatment and urological intervention. The reason why it is so important is that an early diagnosis may have a considerable impact on the patient’s future life.

When a developmental defect of the urinary tract is detected in a little patient, additional diagnostics is necessary, including bladder functioning tests. Since very often such defects are spotted in newborn babies, it is crucial to provide early treatment with the help of precise urological devices.

Another significant problem connected with kidney patients is the growing number of cases of severe kidney damage. As medicine progresses and new difficult yet necessary procedures are being introduced such as bone marrow transplant, liver transplant or heart transplant, the number of patients with acute kidney insufficiency is growing.

It is extremely important that the doctor has the access to so-called continuous hemofiltration methods, instead of having to send a patient to another clinic, sometimes hundreds kilometers away, where it is possible to eliminate toxins. Today, so-called intensive nephrology also includes early kidney support treatment or continuous hemofiltration treatment, aimed at stabilizing the patient, controlling the amount of water in his or her organism, supporting treatment of sepsis (especially within the first 24 hours), and eliminating toxins in cases of mushroom and drug poisonings.

In all those cases time and accessibility of treatment play a decisive role. Modern continuous hemofiltration devices give doctors a wide range of possible treatments, including plasmapheresis (therapeutic plasma transfusion) used in cases of poisoning. These methods are recommended and used in all European countries.

That is why it is very important now that specialists from the fields of nephrology, urology and intensive care work together in order to:

  • Improve early diagnostics of urinary tract and provide efficient treatment;
  • Prevent severe kidney damage in cases of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in patients in intensive care units;
  • Keep high standard of continuous hemofiltration treatment in children with acute kidney disease;
  • Diagnose and treat hypertension in children.

Finale Centers have been set up in the United States at:

Stamford, CT
Polska Sobotnia Szkoła
360 Washington Blvd.
Contact: Kazimiera Ferenc, 203-940-2185

Pomona, NY
Polskie Radio NEW YORK
1551 RT – 202
Contact: Marcin Filipowski, 845-354-2000

Chicago, IL
Copernicus Foundation
5216 W. Lawrence Ave.
Contact: Gregg Kobelinski, 773-777-8898

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Celebrating National Polka Month at the Broadway Market

January is National Polka Month! Join in at Buffalo’s Broadway Market as they celebrate with live music from some of Buffalo’s best Polka bands. The New Direction Band will be performing live polka on Saturday, January 8, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Broadway Market offers some of the best local produce, meats and baked goods around. Start the New Year off right with the New Direction Band and the Broadway Market. Visit the Market website for a full list of January’s Polka events.

For additional information contact the Broadway Market at 716-893-0705. The market is located at 999 Broadway and is open everyday, except Sunday, from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Parking is available in the parking ramp attached to the market.

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New Year’s Eve Party/Bal Sylwestrowy in Albany

Break out the noise makers and strike up the band. Let’s ring in the New Year the best way we can!

Join the Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Ave Ext, Albany NY, for a New Year’s Eve Party on Friday, December 31 starting at 7pm. Advance tickets are $85 per person if paid by 12/26, $100 per person at the door. Your admission includes appetizers, buffet dinner, Viennese dessert table, coffee, tea, house open bar, champagne toast at midnight, dancing, party favors, midnight snack. Live entertainment with DJ Paradise (contemporary music).

For reservation please call the Polish Community Center at 518-456-3995 or Marian Wiercioch at 518-235-5549.

Przywitaj Nowy Rok 2011 po Polsku!

Bal Sylwestrowy organizowany przez Polski Klub w Albany NY (225 Washington Ave Ext, Albany NY 12205)

Piątek 31 Grudnia, 2010 rozpoczęcie balu o godz. 7 wieczorem do tańca gra DJ Paradise.

$85 od osoby za bilety przedpłacone do 26 grudnia, $100 od osoby za bilety przy wejściu.

W cenie wliczone zimne przekąski, kolacja, posiłek po północy, alkohol, ciasto, kawa, herbata, szampański toast o północy, kapelusze, trąbki

Wszystkich serdecznie zapraszamy na szampańska zabawę!

Po bilety i rezerwacje prosimy dzwonić do Klubu PCC: 518-456-3995 albo Marian Wiercioch 518-235-5549

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Recent events around the Central Diocese

From The Sunday Dispatch: Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service in Duryea

The Duryea Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service was held on Tuesday, November 23. The host parish for this year’s service was St. Mary’s Polish National Catholic Church.

Each year the churches of Duryea choose a different theme for the service. This year it was decided to honor and give thanks to the emergency service personnel of the borough.

The service began with a procession consisting of personnel from the Duryea Police Department, Germania Fire Department, Excelsior Hose Company and Duryea Ambulance and Rescue, along with his honor Keith Moss, Mayor of Duryea.

The host Pastor Rev. Fr. Carmen G. Bolock welcomed everyone to the St. Mary’s Church. Participating clergy along with Fr. Carmen were from the Duryea Churches: Rev. Michael Shamboro, Pastor of Brick United Methodist Church; Rev. Fr. Charles Rokosz, Pastor Nativity of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church and Rev. Fr. Louis Kaminski, Pastor of Prince of Peace Roman Catholic Church, Old Forge. Fr. Louis was the guest homilist and spoke about how much we depend on those who protect us in our communities.

Lori Biscontini served on the ecumenical service planning committee. Mary Jayne Milkanin served as reader. Jan Cwikla was the organist. Many residents of Duryea attended the service.

Each year during the service an offering is taken up for the support of a good cause. This year the offering was divided between each of the emergency service departments of Duryea. Following the service a social hour was held in St. Mary’s Parish Hall.

From EastMeadowPatch: St. Francis Christmas Dinner Spreads Holiday Cheer: St. Francis’ congregation celebrates the holiday season

The holiday spirit was bustling in East Meadow on Sunday at the St. Francis Polish National Catholic Church. The congregation held their annual Christmas fundraiser dinner. There were approximately 80 members in attendance, making the event full and joyous.

The congregation adopts a family in need every year. St. Francis fundraises through this dinner to provide necessities for that family.

“We have three dinners a year, but this dinner is meant to fundraise for the family that we adopt,” Reverend Andrzej Koterba explained.

The evening was full of festivities. Throughout the church hall, there were smells of homemade Christmas dinner, sounds of happy chatter and children running around, excited at the thought of meeting Santa Claus.

Giving is definitely a sentiment that the church members were comfortable with. The congregation held a raffle where almost all members participated. A donation box for the adopted family was brimming with dollar bills. The church also had a “wish list tree,” a tree filled with cards on ornaments that list an item that the church needs. Churchgoers are able to pick any ornament that they want, and then they can purchase and donate that item to the church. Everyone was so willing to give generously, which contributed to the true Christmas spirit felt throughout the evening.

St. Francis also gave out Polish wafers. The wafers are used at Christmas dinner on Christmas everyone breaks off a piece of the wafer, symbolizing peace for the year to come.

The children, especially Natalie, 5, and Adam, 4, were more than happy to chat with a newcomer. They both eagerly explained what they wanted Santa Claus to bring them: a Lego jet, Batman, a glowdome and a remote control helicopter.

Before digging in to the wonderful home-cooked meal, Reverend Koterba delivered a beautiful blessing on the food.

A surprise visitor came in the middle of the raffle, ringing jingle bells and jollily greeting the children – it was Santa Claus! He gave a gift to each of the children in attendance, who were delighted to sit on his lap and smile for a lovely picture.

The night offered a sense of family and home that is rare. Everyone was incredibly welcoming and loving.

“We welcome everybody and we appreciate greatly the generosity of our congregation,” Joni Blenn, the vice president, said.

View photos of the celebration at EastMeadowPatch.

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Sustaining Arts Education Through Collaboration

From the New York State Alliance for Arts Education (NYSAAE):

December 15 is the early registration deadline for the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s institute, Powerful Partnerships: Sustaining Arts Education Through Collaboration, to be presented January 18 and 19, 2011 at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.

This two-day, highly engaging hands-on workshop will explore how nonprofit arts education providers can more deeply engage their communities; gain access to a broader array of resources including expertise, credibility and funding; and increase sustainability through internal and external collaboration. The Institute is supported by the NEA, New York Community Trust and New York State Council on the Arts.

John McCann, president of Partners in Performance, is designing and facilitating the workshop. He will be joined by a faculty of experts, including Beth Vogel, the director of the Guild’s Partners in Arts Education program.

Collaborating effectively may require the acquisition of new skills and a profound shift in perspective. To take maximum advantage of this opportunity, arts education organizations are therefore encouraged to register three person teams.

After completing the institute, each team will be better able to:

  • Identify their organization’s core institutional and programmatic assets
  • Identify potential partners (other organizations, funders, advocates, etc.) with whom they can work to ‘co-create’ sustainable programs
  • Understand what is required (e.g., sharing authority, trusting others) to achieve sustainable collaborations
  • Understand common challenges to collaboration and learn methods of overcoming them
  • Capitalize on “lessons learned” through prior experiences, and
  • Develop an action plan for execution upon return home.

Each team will receive a set of tools for assessing institutional and programmatic assets, identifying prospective partners and “lessons learned,” planning collaborations, and developing an action plan.

Institute Location:

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
405 W. 55th Street (at 9th Avenue)
New York, NY 10019

Register by December 15, 2010 and Save! You may download the Registration form [PDF]. Questions about the Institute may be directed to National Guild program manager, Jay Samios, at (212) 268-3337 ext. 12.

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Rally to Support Iraqi Christians

From the American Mesopotamian Organization, Justice in Iraq, the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, and the Seyfo Center U.S.A.: A Rally to Challenge the Obama Administration to Support and Protect Indigenous Assyrian Christians of Iraq

For the past seven years we have watched in stunned disbelief as savage Islamist extremist groups have continued to terrorize and murder Iraqi Christians. In the latest attacks, Al Qaeda-linked terrorists stormed the Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad during Mass, killing the priests in front of their parishioners, and children in front of their parents. On November 2nd the same group announced that all infidels in Iraq should be prepared to die. Enough is Enough!

WHEN: Saturday, December 4th, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Lafayette Park, Washington, DC

We, the undersigned organizations, demand that the Obama Administration immediately pressure the government of Iraq to protect its most persecuted citizens. To date, the Obama Administration has failed to even acknowledge that Iraqi Christians are being murdered specifically because of their faith and ethnic heritage. They are the descendants of the Assyrians and Babylonians, who were the first converts to Christianity outside Jerusalem in the 1st century A.D., and still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Their plight is shared by other defenseless Iraqis, including the Yazidis, Sabean Mandaeans and Shebeks.

Currently, under Article 125 of the Iraqi Constitution, Iraq’s Christians and other indigenous Iraqis have the legal right to practice their faith, and the right to establish a specific province in which they might live peacefully as citizens of Iraq. We ask the U.S. government to pressure the Iraqi government and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to remove the obstacles and fully implement Article 125 so that Iraq’s Christians will not be terrorized to extinction.

Join us this Saturday, in Lafayette Park, Washington DC, from 12:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M., along with groups from across the nation to demand, with a loud and unified voice, that the Obama Administration must act now and pressure the government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to protect all of their citizens!

From the Institute on Religion & Democracy: IRD Urges Prayer, Advocacy for Afghani and Iraqi Christians

“Freedom and democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan must apply to our Christian brothers and sisters there.” — Faith J.H. McDonnell, IRD Religious Liberty Director

The Institute on Religion and Democracy is urging an end to persecution of Christians in Afghanistan and Iraq. The organization also encourages Washington, DC area residents to show solidarity with these beleaguered Christians at a rally sponsored by Iraqi American Christians for “Justice in Iraq” at noon, Saturday, December 4, at the White House’s Lafayette Park. The rally will call upon the respective governments to ensure that the rights and freedoms of the indigenous minorities in Iraq are honored and protected.

Two Afghani Christian converts, Said Musa (45) and Ahmad Shah (50) are in prison awaiting trial on the death penalty charge of “apostasy” from Islam. The Christian population of Iraq is under threat from Islamic jihadists following the latest atrocity, a massacre of Christians at Our Lady of Salvation Catholic Church, Baghdad, on October 31, 2010.

Musa and Shah were arrested May 31 with other converts after footage of a baptismal service was viewed on national television. Witnesses report that Musa has been beaten, tortured, and sexually abused on a daily basis.

Al Qaeda-connected jihadists have told Iraq’s Christians and other “infidels” to “prepare to die.” This threat followed the attack on Baghdad Christians at Sunday mass which left 58 dead. The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Christians trace their ancestry back 7,000 years to the ancient Mesopotamians.

IRD Religious Liberty Director Faith J.H. McDonnell commented:

“America has given billions of dollars, and, more importantly, given precious American lives, to bring freedom and democracy to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. But this must include freedom and democracy for our Christian brothers and sisters and other indigenous minorities, as well.

In 2006, the international community was outraged when Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman faced the death penalty. His life was saved because of the outcry. These Iraqi Christians, who are being hunted like animals by the Islamists, still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke. We must stand with them in their hour of peril.”

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Songs of the Season Concert to benefit the Oakwood Cooperative, Troy, NY

From friend, Rev. Al Siegel: An important Troy event to help keep the doors of the Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church open as a Mission Legacy

As many of you know, for the past 5 years I have served as Temporary Supply for the Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church in Troy. Even though last Sunday was their final formal worship service, Albany Presbytery, their Session and Neighborhood Groups are working to keep the building open to serve the community.

There will be a fund raiser on December 11th to raise money toward this service to the community. I cannot over emphasize the importance to the surrounding Troy neighborhood that this mission legacy of Oakwood continues and grows. Tickets for this fund raiser can be bought at the door for $10. Many area musical groups will be sharing “Songs of the Season.”

The Oakwood Cooperative intends to continue to use the Oakwood Ave. Presbyterian Church’s building for a mix of uses important to our community, including AA meetings, nesting a Latino Church, a food pantry, to creative new uses including hosting musical rehearsals, meditation or yoga classes, spiritual teachers from different traditions, neighborhood meetings and more. To support this effort, the Cooperative is hosting a Songs of the Season Concert on Sunday, December 11th at 7 p.m., Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, 313 10th Street, Troy, NY.

The concert features local musicians and choral groups. The featured acts will include the RPI Concert Choir, The Tuba Christmas Ensemble (Tuba and Baritone Horns from the Colonie Town Band), The Amerose, The Uncle Sam Chorus, The Brothers Tazer, Acoustic guitarist Steve Anderson and more.

Call Rev. Al Siegel at 518-785-0116 for advance tickets, posters or more information.

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Coverage of the Installation of the 7th Prime Bishop of the PNCC

From WNEP-Scranton: Scranton Bishop to Lead Polish National Catholic Church in U.S.

 

Parishioners at Saint Stanislaus Polish National Catholic Church are making sure everything is spotless. A new national leader will be installed Sunday and he’s one of their own.

“The enormity of being entrusted, people that trust you to say well we want you to lead our church, that’s a very humbling thing too, that people put that kind of trust in you,” said Prime Bishop-elect Anthony Mikovsky.

He will be in charge of 25,000 members of the Polish National Catholic Church across the United States. He was elected by other church leaders and members last month at a gathering in Canada.

Folks at Saint Stanislaus couldn’t be happier about the decision.

“He brings the spiritual aspects of the gospel to us all the time and we just enjoy listening to him,” said Arlene Swantek of Scranton.

Since the Polish National Catholic Church was founded in Scranton and the new prime bishop is from Scranton, he will be staying in town.

Mikovsky’s goals is to get more people involved.

“A lot of people even of my own age, in their 30s and 40s kind of disengage from the church, to realize that community is necessary in their lives and faith is necessary in their lives,” said Prime Bishop-elect Mikovsky.

Parishioners think he will have no problem getting the job done.

“Because he is so unflappable. I think he will remain calm and make rational decisions,” said Josephine Kwiatkowski of Taylor.

The installation ceremony starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at Saint Stanislaus in south Scranton and is open to the public.

From The Times Tribune: PNCC Prime Bishop Mikovsky prepares for installation Sunday in Scranton

On Sunday, Prime Bishop Anthony Mikovsky will take part in a ceremonial transition of leadership in the Polish National Catholic Church that he has witnessed before, but this time his hand will be on the crozier.

The 44-year-old prelate, who was elected to the Scranton-based church’s highest post in October, will be installed as the seventh prime bishop in a 3 p.m. ceremony and Mass in front of an anticipated crowd of 600 people at St. Stanislaus Cathedral.

The prime bishop, a mathematician, has spent his 13-year priesthood in Scranton, first as an assistant pastor, then as bishop of the Central Diocese, which stretches from Albany, N.Y., to Washington, D.C., but has its seat in the city.

Dual roles

Until February, when Bishop John Mack will arrive to lead the Central Diocese and the pastorate of St. Stanislaus, Prime Bishop Mikovsky will serve his old and new roles simultaneously.

Although he has been an active Polish National Catholic all his life, he joked during an interview in the St. Stanislaus rectory on Thursday that “I pray with a lot more fervor and urgency now.”

“There’s certainly a lot to worry about being in charge of a denomination and being in charge of souls as well.”

The 113-year-old denomination includes about 25,000 members. It is a family that Prime Bishop Mikovsky hopes to grow and invigorate during his tenure.

“The best way to accomplish that goal is to get people to be more actively involved in church,” he said. “That doesn’t just mean showing up on Sunday. That’s part of it. But to get people to think in a religious way, a moral way.”

In recent years, as the population has dwindled in older ethnic communities, the denomination has developed new parishes in places like Texas, especially by welcoming new immigrants whose experiences are not unlike those of the Polish immigrants who founded the church.

The church, which has a democratic constitution and a deep lay involvement in its governance, is also inviting to people who “cherish Catholic belief and Catholic practice but want to participate in that in a way in which they can be more involved,” he said.

Link to the past

Prime Bishop Emeritus Robert Nemkovich, who will preside over the installation on Sunday before he begins his retirement in Florida in December, said the democratic ideals that helped form the denomination in the 1890s are the same ideals that keep it vital, and make it appealing, today.

“In today’s society, it’s right on,” he said.

Prime Bishop Nemkovich, 67, who was too old by church law to run for a second eight-year term as prime bishop, said Prime Bishop Mikovsky is both “young and energetic” and “very capable and qualified” for the position.

“It’s an awesome responsibility, I told him, to serve God and his people as prime bishop,” he said, recounting his advice to his friend and colleague over the last few weeks. “He has to remember that he is the first among equals. He is not infallible. And that he needs to seek the guidance of the Lord every day.”

From WBRE & WYOU: New Prime Bishop in Polish National Catholic Church

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY – It is going to be a big weekend in Lackawanna County. The Polish National Catholic Church, which was founded in Scranton, is getting ready to install its new Prime Bishop.

Anthony Mikovsky will be installed on Sunday afternoon. He’s been a bishop in his church’s Scranton diocese for the last four years. He’s also served as a priest locally for the last 14 years.

“I’m very humbled by this all the way around,” Mikovsky said sitting inside Saint Stanislaus Church Thursday morning.

He will lead more than 25,000 parishoners.

“You have awesome responsibility and it is very humbling that all these people put their trust in you,” Mikovsky said.

Mikovsky was elected as Prime Bishop last month. He says his goals will be to get more young people involved in the church and connect with all parishoners outside of church.

“I think sometimes, especially church leaders, can be a little stand-offish from their congregations and that is unfortunate,” Mikovsky said.

People who know the Prime Bishop-Elect say Mikovsky is the right man for the job. They say he’s smart and has a great preaching ability.

“He has a big booming voice. This is a big cathedral and where I would need a microphone to be heard half-way down, he comes up in the middle of church and he preaches with fire and you can’t fall asleep during his sermons,” Father Jason Soltysiak said.

While Mikovsky’s new role will have him travelling more, he’ll still primarily live in Scranton. He says he’s going to try to get people in the Polish National Catholic Church to work together.

“We have to work together in the church, at this level we need to do it and we need to do it at all levels,” Mikovsky said.

Mikovsky will be formally installed on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 PM. More than 600 people from across the country are expected to attend.

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Chicago area commemoration honors Poland

President Kaczynski Way Opened in Chicago
By Raymond Rolak

Chicago– Lech Aleksander Kaczyński, the former Polish President killed in the recent Smolensk, Russia plane crash, had a street named in his memory in Chicago. It will be on the the Avenue of Honor. The street will be run at the crossing of Belmont – Central avenues in a very popular and historic area of Portage Park.

At the first intersection near Belmont – Central, a ceremonial unveiling of a plaque with the name of the street Lech Kaczynski Way was unveiled. During the ceremony, a special letter from Jaroslaw Kaczynski was read by the cousin of the president, Jan Tomaszewski.

Daniel Pogorzelski of the Historical Society North-West Chicago got the campaign started for the street naming. Two councilmen, Ariel Reboyras and Thomas Allen helped. The greatest support was from the Mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley.

The district around the streets of Belmont and Central Park was known colloquially as Wladyslawowo. One of the central points of the area was the Catholic parish church of St. Ladislaus. Another reminder of those old, romantic days is nearby Frederic Chopin Park. For those families that come from the old Polish neighborhood, everything there has been preserved from the times of their fathers and grandfathers. It is a reminder of the old-city in Chicago. A time of past American-Polonia, busia and dzia-dzia fond memories.

The intersection of Belmont Avenue and Central Park is more than a hundred years old and the neighborhood was made up of mostly Polish immigrants.

Representatives of Polish-American organizations, with Alderman Ariel Reboyras from the 30th Ward, celebrated the naming and dedication of Lech Kaczynski Way in Chicago. The street signs are in the historic Portage Park Polish neighborhood. Photo by: Teresa B. Buckner
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Criminal business enterprises steal wages

National Day of Action Against Wage Theft on Thursday, November 18th

  • 60 percent of nursing homes steal workers’ wages.
  • 78 percent of restaurants in New Orleans steal workers’ wages.
  • 100 percent of poultry plants steal workers’ wages.
  • Wage theft is too big a crime to solve?

Except for the last one, the numbers are all true. Imagine being robbed at the street corner when you have just enough money to get you through the day. Now, picture that happening to you day in and day out.

Unfortunately for too many workers, especially those in low-wage jobs, being robbed is a reality they face every day — at their own work place.

Billions of dollars are stolen from millions of workers each year, often forcing them to choose between paying the rent or putting food on the table.

Wage theft affects not only the workers and their families, but also robs from the government’s tax coffers, resulting in cutbacks of vital services. Wage theft also puts ethical employers at a competitive disadvantage and can destroy community businesses, as working families cannot spend wages they haven’t received. Wage theft hurts everyone!

On November 18, individuals and groups in more than 50 cities across the country will take action against wage theft. Please join in calling attention to this epidemic and mobilizing support for the various efforts to combat it, from new national legislation to creative local initiatives.

Wage theft is a crime we can solve. In the past year, there have been local victories that have impacted the lives of workers. A couple of months ago, two new pieces of legislation were introduced, one to curtail worker misclassification and one to strengthen community anti-wage theft programs. The time to join in and take action is now. Lend your voice and speak up for justice.

What Can You do on the National Day of Action?

Take Action Against a Wage Theft Perpetrator:

  • Conduct a bus tour of unethical businesses that steal wages
  • Organize a group to confront an employer to pay his workers; flyer the business’ customers
  • Hold a prayer vigil
  • Plan an action at a non-union contractor or employer that is stealing wages and undercutting union companies.

Host a “Know Your Rights” Educational Workshop with Workers

Highlight Local Ordinance or State Law Campaigns/Victories

  • Organize press events with legislation sponsors
  • Lead an educational forum

Highlight the Need for National Anti-Wage Theft Legislation

  • Lead a delegation of workers and faith leaders to your Representative
  • Hold a press conference with your elected leaders

Announce a New Initiative Against Wage Theft

  • Attorneys can file a new lawsuit
  • Politicians can announce new initiatives

Academics can report on new wage theft survey results

…and Sign this Peition. Help stop Wage Theft- Workers should get the pay they’ve earned.

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