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Sun Dec 28: Feast of Holy Innocents Peace Vigil to remember child victims of war. This day remembers 2000 years ago when Herod killed baby boys throughout the region where baby Jesus lived in a jealous attempt to kill his rival. Nowadays, children are still victims of weapons and policies, but our government dismisses their deaths as “collateral damage.” We will challenge this dismissal and the continuing war policies that create more child victims. Vigil from 12 noon to 1 pm in downtown Olympia on Fourth Avenue west of Water Street, near the fountain, across from the Oyster House restaurant. Info: Bob Zeigler (360) 570-0848.

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Enterprise for Equity offers Business Training for entrepreneurs with limited income. Our excellent instructors, quality materials, technical assistance and peer support will help you gain the vital tools necessary for running a successful business.

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WHAT: Informational Picket

WHEN: Monday, January 12 from 11-1:00

WHERE: Olympia Downtown Post Office WHY: Our Union President, Clint Burelson, was fired. We want to bring him back to work and resume mail operations in Olympia.
The community is invited to join us in our efforts. 

FOR MORE INFO:Contact Louie Mackey at [email protected]
READ ON-- The Postal Service recently fired Local Union President Clint Burelson for his union activities and major role as a whistleblower in exposing the fact that mail consolidations would reduce service and not save money. The Postal Service’s plans for over 150 consolidations all across the country have been stopped once communities learned the truth about mail consolidation. Clint is a strong advocate for workers in the Post Office and Management is firing Clint for performing his duties as a union representative. Despite many grievance settlements signed by the Postal Service in which they agreed to cease and desist in discriminating against Clint for his union activities, management continues to discriminate against Clint. The Postal Service needs to stop the discrimination and bring Clint back to work. The Postal Service recently admitted in a required review of the consolidation that they have lost $1.5 million dollars in 6 months as a result of the transfer of outgoing mail operations from Olympia to Tacoma. The Postal Service had previously claimed that the transfer of the mail to Tacoma would save the Postal Service $1.2 million. The Postal Service therefore made at least a $2.7 million mistake in judgment. After the last picket held by the union, a Postal Service spokesperson told the media covering the picket that the Post Office saved money by the consolidation. However, despite information requests from the union, the Post Office has not provided any documentation in support of their spokesperson’s claims of savings. As it stands, the official documentation provided by the Post Office shows the consolidation to be a financial mistake. The Post Office has said that they would bring the mail back to Olympia if the move were not cost effective. The reduction in mail service, the loss of the Olympia postmark, and the financial costs of processing local mail in Tacoma is clear evidence that it is now time to bring the mail back to Olympia.

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The 40-Hour Professional Mediation Training offers educators, community leaders, counselors, human resources staff, customer service personnel, supervisors, managers, parents, teens, and you an opportunity to develop conflict resolution and mediation skills.
The course is a fun and highly interactive mixture of lecture, discussion, demonstration and participant role-playing with instructor and peer feedback. The training is designed to acquaint adult learners with the philosophy, concepts, model and skills needed to have a working knowledge of the role of a third party neutral mediator. These skills are highly transferable, improving communication and enhancing relationships at home, in the workplace, and in the community at large. For more information, or to register check out www.mediatethurston.org or call 360-956-1155.

Green Party of South Puget Sound forum is on TCTV Monday at 5:00 pm and Wednesday at 8:00.

January topic is Port of Olympia, Part 1
February will be Port of Olympia, Part 2.