Labour & news

February & 2009

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Join the Celebration February 26!

Please join us for the & annual United Way Celebration!
It's Thursday, February 26 at 4:30 p.m. in & the Carousel Room at & Western Fair. RSVP to United Way by February 19.
Thanks to all of you who support United Way and our combined & effort to improve the quality of life of & people & in our community. Both United Way and Labour share a belief that together we can do so much more than we can alone. We're all about people working united as a community, for the community.
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Registration & open for Union Counseling Program

Registration is now open for the Spring session of the Union Counseling Program - this year offering Level One and Two!
Local unions with a Union Counselling Program help members with drug and alcohol problems, mental health issues, violence in the family, financial problems and more. Essentially, it can help & with & any personal issues affecting someone & in their workplace, home or community.
A & Union Counseling Program will equip you with the tools you need to get your members the help they need. & Find out more information and get the registration form here.

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Another successful & Labour Appreciation Night

Approximately 200 people attended United Way’s 10th annual Labour Appreciation Night on Thursday, January 29. Read about the evening and the volunteer award winners.
Labour Appreciation Night is United Way’s opportunity to thank the labour community as a whole and to give special recognition to some of its most dedicated volunteers who help make United Way workplace campaigns so successful.
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Sharon Young Kipp: 2008 Images of Hope recipient

Outstanding United Way and community supporter, Sharon Young Kipp receives the & 2008 Images of Hope award.
Learn more about Sharon and her contributions to our community.
Images of Hope recognizes the effort of an extraordinary individual from the labour community who has provided outstanding volunteer service to United Way and to the community. Considered a lifetime achievement, it recognizes an individual in good standing of a union who has demonstrated leadership and contributed to major change.
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Quote of the month

EUGENE V. DEBS
Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results. &

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Coming events

• February - & Black History Month
• February 16 - & Family Day
• February 26 - & United Way Celebration - RSVP today!
• March 3 - & Level One & Union Counseling Program begins
• March 8 - & International Women’s Day
• March 18 - & Level Two Union Counseling Program starts
• March 21 - & International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination & & Genocide Day
  

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Contact me

Please & contact me with any questions or suggestions:

Sharon Lupton
Labour Programs & & Services & Coordinator
United Way of London & Middlesex
409 King Street, London, Ontario N6B 1S5
Ph: 519-438-1723 ext. 232
Fx: 519-438-9938

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