{"id":11550,"date":"2019-10-01T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westcountydemocrats.org\/?p=11550"},"modified":"2019-10-01T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:46:08","slug":"wcd-monthly-meeting-announcement-10-14-2109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/?p=11550","title":{"rendered":"WCD Monthly Meeting Announcement 10-14-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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West County Democrats Monthly Meeting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO\u00a0 63011<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.westcountydemocrats.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Monday, October 14, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>(always on the 2nd<\/sup> Monday of the month)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>9 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Refreshments and socializing<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Business meeting and announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Topic:\u00a0 \u00a0Insights from a Prominent Labor Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Speaker: \u00a0\u00a0David A. Cook, <\/strong>born and raised in St. Louis, his working-class father instilled in him a strong sense of values and work ethics that have helped Dave make a positive impact on the Labor Community.\u00a0 He began working at Kroger\u2019s and went from being an in-store shop steward to a volunteer organizer to a full-time Union representative by 1987.\u00a0 By 2004 he was elected Secretary-Treasurer and is now serving his fourth term as President of UFCW Local 655.\u00a0 He has made presentation on labor issues across the United States, Canada and Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He serves as Co-Chair of Local 655 Trustees Pension Plan and Health and Welfare Boards. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way campaigns.\u00a0 In 2017 he was elected to the UFCW International Executive Board.\u00a0 As Director and President of Preserve Middle Class America he helped lead the fight to defeat Right to Work in Missouri in 2018.\u00a0 He also serves on the Executive Board of Missouri AFL-CIO and St. Louis AFL-CIO-CLC.<\/p>\n

Dave and his wife Christine reside in Eureka.\u00a0 When time and weather permit, they love to spend time at the Lake of the Ozarks.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0 Circle of Concern, a local food pantry supported by West County Democrats, is collecting canned goods including peanut butter, fish and meat as well as paper products.\u00a0 Any such items brought to our monthly meetings will be delivered to the pantry. Cash and checks are welcome.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0 Please join us for lunch<\/u><\/em> following the meeting at the Pasta House on Manchester just west of Weidman.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14007 Manchester Rd. Ballwin, MO. 63011<\/p>\n

FREE FOOD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FREE DRINKS\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FREE INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Protect<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Union workers: DO NOT<\/u> bring<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Walmart items to West County Democrat meetings\u00a0 Contact person:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Erlaine Eltomi\u00a0\u00a0 erlaine.eltomi@att.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 West County Democrats Monthly Meeting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO\u00a0 63011 http:\/\/www.westcountydemocrats.org \u00a0Monday, October 14, 2019 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (always on the 2nd Monday of the month) \u00a09 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Refreshments Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wcd-info"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ZWUT-30i","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11552,"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550\/revisions\/11552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcountydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}