SEIU Member Activists for Reform Today (SMART) is an organization of rank-and-file members of SEIU who believe that members are the real source of strength for our Union and the people behind every victory. Members have fought for years in our work sites, in the streets, and in the halls of government to make SEIU the largest and strongest union in the country – now 1.9 million workers strong. Members also know that growth is critical to our success, and to rebuilding a fighting labor movement – but not growth at all costs, and not without full participation of the members.

Our cooperative is dedicated to promote the mutual welfare and interests of log truck operators throughout the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Our membership consists of operators in every county in Western Washington plus many counties in Eastern Washington, as well as many members in Idaho, and Montana.

We desire our members to work cooperatively with northwestern logging contractors AND to educate timberland owners and logging contractors about the increasing costs we are facing and the need to fairly and adequately compensate the drivers who haul their products to mills and market. Higher hauling fees equal safer log trucks!

We need our own agency in order to advocate for our occupational, heath, safety, social, civil and economic rights because nobody else is going to do it for us.

Disclaimer: Although members of the IWW are involved in this organization, the ESPU is an independent organization.

The Brandworkers Idea

We believe that retail and food employees, working side-by-side with citizens concerned about the conduct of the big brand corporations, can win positive change on the job and in the community.

What We Do

Brandworkers connects, trains, and mobilizes retail and food employees to assert their rights and to make their voices heard in the public arena. We're winning recognition for the value of retail and food workers in society and building a movement for brand justice.

Unity of All Rail Crafts:  For decades, the carriers have played one craft off against the other to our mutual detriment. This lack of unity has contributed greatly to our lack of power, which has in turn hampered our ability to negotiate and enforce good contracts. We are unable to effectively confront the carriers on issues of vital concern to our membership-attendance, crew fatigue, discipline, safety, etc.-because we are divided. The carriers are degrading and deskilling our crafts, implementing new technologies that threaten our jobs, our safety and livelihoods, propose the dismantling of FELA, demand drastic health care concessions, and more. In the face of this aggressive attack, is there any doubt of the need for the

A progressive voice of the digital age, we are fighting for our digital freedoms in software, hardware and on the Internet. We watch for corporate abuse as well as promote knowledge and educate people about the dangers our rights currently face such as DRM and software patents. We do this with a focus on the Free Software movement and the ideals presented by the EFF, FSF, ACLU, and the hacker ethic.
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EWIU International is a union network for all education workers working all over the world.

We are part of the Industrial Workers of the World, the historic, fighting union (aka the "Wobblies") and have a powerful commitment to fighting ceaselessly for workers rights and providing a strong, independent voice at work.