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Grand Rapids Call Center Goes Wobbly

Posted Thu, 02/07/2013 - 5:27pm by x359437

Employees of Large Ticket Distributor Join Together and Demand Recognition

Grand Rapids, MI - Employees of Star Tickets have "walked on the boss" today demanding a reduction in workload, an employee grievance procedure, and recognition of their union. The employees have formed the IWW Star Tickets Workers Union for mutual support and respect on the job. Their intentions are to begin collective bargaining with owner, Jack Krasula, over a work environment that they say has become untenable.

“We are just exercising our legal right to form a union for our mutual benefit” said Deirdre Cunningham, a Client Services Representative. “We have been meeting, assisting one another, and acting as a union for some time so today we made it official to our boss."

Industrial Worker - Issue #1752, January/February 2013

Posted Sun, 01/20/2013 - 1:52pm by IWW.org Editor

Headlines:

  • Victory! IWW Cleaners In London Win Pay Rise
  • IWW Dishwasher Wins Against The Boss
  • The Right-To-Work For Less In Michigan

Features:

  • Staughton Lynd: A Few Words On IWW Organizing
  • Railroad Workers Resist Cutbacks
  • 2013: A New Year For International Solidarity

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Industrial Worker - Issue #1751, December 2012

Posted Sun, 01/20/2013 - 1:47pm by IWW.org Editor

Headlines:

  • Staughton Lynd: The New Rank And File, And The Walmart Moment
  • IWW Report From The Norwegian Social Forum
  • Union Leadership Sells Out Verizon Workers

Features:

  • The Wobbly Tour Of Indiana
  • Building A Branch Requires Persistence & Perseverance
  • In December We Remember Our Fellow Workers

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Industrial Worker - Issue #1750, November 2012

Posted Sun, 01/20/2013 - 1:34pm by IWW.org Editor

Headlines:

  • The Chicago Teachers Strike & The Privatization Of A Generation
  • In November We Remember: The Centennial Of The 1912 Little Falls Textile Strike
  • Hundreds Rally For Paid Sick Days In Portland

Features:

  • Workers’ Power: In November We Remember
  • Staughton Lynd: Lessons From The Steel Mills
  • Workers Organize & Walk Out On Wildcat Strikes Globally

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Industrial Worker - Issue #1749, October 2012

Posted Thu, 10/04/2012 - 6:03pm by IWW.org Editor

Headlines:

  • For The Works: Report From The 2012 IWW General Convention
  • Solidarity With Murdered South African Miners
  • Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike In North Carolina

Features:

  • The NCAA: The Boss’s Dream, The Worker’s Nightmare
  • Workers' Power: A Look At Wobblies And Unfair Labor Practices
  • Class, Struggle And The State

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