Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Uniting to Make Downtown More Responsible!!

Over the last 10 years, the gap between the rich and the working class has grown tremendously. Large commercial property owners in the Greater Boston area, like The Blackstone Group, enjoy millions of dollars in profits, while residents of the communities where most of their service workers live – Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan – can barely make ends meet.

In our Secure Jobs, Secure Communities campaign we are organizing to demand that large downtown commercial property owners, including The Blackstone Group, invest $1 per square foot of property they own back into Boston neighborhoods. We are focusing on some of the most pressing issues around which community groups are currently organizing – foreclosure prevention, youth opportunities, CORI reform, and access to quality jobs.

Call The Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman TODAY! 1-212-583-5000
These are SCARY times for our communities and companies like The Blackstone Group can do the right thing and make a difference. Tell him to meet with Community Labor United about investing back into our communities here in Boston.

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