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Department 400 - Manufacture and General Production

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Textile and Clothing Workers Industrial Union 410

Furniture Workers Industrial Union 420

Chemical Workers Industrial Union 430

Metal and Machinery Workers Industrial Union 440

Printing and Publishing House Workers Industrial Union 450

Foodstuff Workers Industrial Union 460

Leather Workers Industrial Union 470

Glass and Pottery Workers Industrial Union 480

Pulp and Paper Mill Workers Industrial Union 490

Industrial Worker - Issue #1710, November 2008

Submitted by Peter Moore on Fre, 11/21/2008 - 2:00am.
Headlines:
  • Wal-Mart closes second union store in Québec
  • Aboriginal workers organize in Canada
  • Zimbabwe unions condemn deal with Mugabe
  • Crisis a product of capitalism
Features:
  • Pakistani women need rights respected every day
  • Metrolink rail crash makes safety reform a must
  • Mentally ill workers an 'indicator species' for fairness on the job
  • The IWW: Literature Review 2008

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Embattled Seafood Company Illegally Paid Anti-Union Protesters and Fired Another Union Supporter After Interrogation

Submitted by intexile on Tor, 10/23/2008 - 9:52pm.
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers International

Contact: press (at) brandworkers.org

October 23, 2008

Embattled Seafood Company Illegally Paid Anti-Union Protesters and Fired Another Union Supporter After Interrogation

New York, NY- The National Labor Relations Board has issued another complaint against Wild Edibles, Inc., a once well-regarded seafood wholesaler and retailer.  Based on an investigation triggered by charges from the Industrial Workers of the World, the federal labor agency has accused Wild Edibles of interrogating and firing employee Julio Carbonel for organizing with the IWW and of paying replacement workers in an attempt to disrupt a labor rally.


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Seafood Firm's Complaint Charging RICO Breach In Labor Union Recognition Bid Is Dismissed

Submitted by intexile on Tor, 10/16/2008 - 9:52pm.

Disclaimer - The opinions of the author do not necessarily match those of the IWW. This article is reposted in accordance to Fair Use guidelines.


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Rev. Billy and Pastor Mansfield Visit New York City Wine & Food Festival to Protest Chef Terrance Brennan

Submitted by intexile on Man, 10/13/2008 - 9:52pm.
Contact: press (at) brandworkers.org

October 13, 2008

Rev. Billy and Pastor Mansfield Visit New York City Wine & Food Festival to Protest Chef Terrance Brennan

New Voices Add Support to the Campaign for Worker Dignity at Wild Edibles, Inc.

New York, NY- Reverend Billy, a nationally-respected advocate for responsible consumption and Pastor Jeff Mansfield, a leading voice for food justice at Judson Memorial Church, joined with Wild Edibles workers and their supporters this weekend to protest chef and restaurant owner Terrance Brennan at the New York City Wine & Food Festival.  Brennan's Artisanal Bistro lied in writing by stating that it was no longer serving seafood processed by the Wild Edibles sweatshop when it in fact did continue to serve Wild Edibles products.

"Mr. Brennan, honor your word," exclaimed Rev. Billy into a megaphone during a sidewalk sermon in front of the food festival panel featuring Terrance Brennan.  "[The Wild Edibles workers] don't want to work in a sweatshop.  Even celebrity chefs have to do the right thing."


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Working Class Hero: Alexandra Svoboda - Maimed By Cops, Charged With Felonies

Submitted by intexile on Ons, 10/08/2008 - 9:52pm.

By DANIEL GROSS - Counterpunch, October 8, 2008

A peaceful union march is brutally attacked by police. A union activist’s leg is horribly disfigured and nearly amputated. Maimed possibly for life, she is charged with multiple felony offenses.

The battleground is not the coalfields of Harlan County in the 1930s or 1970s; it's not an example of anti-union violence in Colombia or the Philippines. Our setting is present day Providence, Rhode Island.

On that brilliant Saturday, August 11 of 2007, Alexandra Svoboda didn’t do what she was supposed to do. She didn’t stay home and watch TV. She didn’t go shop at her local Wal-Mart. She didn’t waste away hours on MySpace.


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Industrial Worker - Issue #1709, October 2008

Submitted by Peter Moore on Søn, 10/05/2008 - 12:46am.

Headlines:

  • Ward's Market fires IWW members
  • Toronto radio station fires staff while bargaining
  • Quebec workers get union contract at Wal-Mart
  • Sweatfree Communities press state governors
Features:

  • General Assembly in Europe an IWW first
  • Remembering Helen Keller as a fighter
  • Youth must organize at school and work to win power
  • UK inquiry reveals chronic neglect led to death

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Centro Vinoteca and Gusto Join Growing Number of Restaurants to Drop Wild Edibles

Submitted by intexile on Tor, 10/02/2008 - 7:20pm.
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers International

Contact: press (at) brandworkers.org

September 16, 2008

At Centro Vinoteca and Gusto, Philosophy of Creative Fresh Food Includes Respect for Workers' Rights Along the Supply Chain

Celebrated Italian Restaurants Choose Not to Serve Seafood from Wild Edibles or its Front Companies

New York, NY- Centro Vinoteca and Gusto, the popular Village restaurants sought after for their creative Italian specialties, have stopped serving seafood from wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles, Inc. over concern for workers' rights.  Employees have been campaigning for over a year to win respect for work and family at Wild Edibles.


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Take E-Mail Action: Celebrity Chef Serving Sweatshop Seafood to Appear on The Today Show

Submitted by intexile on Ons, 10/01/2008 - 3:30pm.

Original URL -  http://www.brandworkers.org/en/node/37146

Dear Friends,

Celebrity chef Terrance Brennan who serves seafood from known labor rights violator Wild Edibles, Inc. is set to appear on NBC's The Today Show.

To add insult to injury, Chef Brennan's Artisanal Bistro lied to workers in writing by stating that the restaurant no longer served Wild Edibles seafood. After Brandworkers exposed the deception, Brennan admitted in a Sept. 1, 2008 press statement that his restaurant is still serving Wild Edibles.                                      

Please take a moment now to express your opinion that Terrance Brennan lacks the credibility and trustworthiness that viewers of The Today Show expect from guests. Click on the following link to participate: http://citizenspeak.org/node/1352

Thank you very much for all of your work to ensure that working families receive the respect they deserve.

http://www.Brandworkers.org


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