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Action Alert !!!!!!!!!!!
Upcoming Hearings For the WRC Bills In the House!!!!!

Welfare Rights Committee is continuing to fight for poor and working Minnesotans at the capitol. As it stands now, we need your immediate help to tell the politicians the time is now to ACT! Unfortunately, the poor of Minnesota are at risk of being sold out yet again by politicians.

Come to the hearings and Support the Poor People's Bills!!!!!!!!

HF 924 that will Outlaw workfare will be heard in the Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division Chaired by Rep. Rukavina on Thursday March 22, 2007 at 6PM in State Office Building Room 5.

(ATTENTION!!! BECAUSE THIS IS A EVENING HEARING THE ROOM MAY CHANGE! BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR UPDATES IF THE ROOM DOES CHANGE)

Workfare forces MFIP parents to work for no pay in order to get the grant. We say, if there is a job to be done, make it a real job with real wages and benefits! If workfare is allowed to happen, it will serve to hurt all working people, as real jobs are replaced by free-labor jobs.

HF605 will undo the biggest welfare cuts in History will be heard in Health Care and Human Service Finance Division Chaired by Rep. Huntley on Monday March 26, 2007 at 8AM in the State Office Building Room 200.

Undo the cuts of 2003. These include the $125 MFIP cut to disabled families, the $50 MFIP cut to families in subsidized housing, the family cap, restrictions on education and the increased co-pays for poor families' childcare and basic medical.

Please come out support HF605 and HF924. Also, Call your Representative in the House -
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and tell them not to steal money from welfare!!!!! If you have any questions please call us at 612-822-8020 Thank you for your support Welfare Rights Committee