Industrial Worker - Issue #1754, April 2013

Posted Mon, 04/01/2013 - 5:00pm by x359437

http://www.scribd.com/doc/133376113/Industrial-Worker-Issue-1754-April-2013Headlines:

  • Newspaper To Discontinue Print, Focus On Digital
  • General Executive Board Votes To Move May Day To April 1st
  • Texas IWW Secedes From Union

Features:

  • Workers' Power: What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing
  • Analysis: Let's Form Vertical Worker Cooperatives
  • International Solidarity Declared "Impossible" By ISC

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Grand Rapids IWW Plans Protest Monday in Support of Fired Star Tickets Worker

Posted Sun, 03/31/2013 - 4:48pm by x359437

By Jeff Smith, GRIID.org, March 31, 2013

The Grand Rapids branch of the IWW is organizing a protest for this Monday, April 1st in response to the recent firing of one of their members for organizing fellow workers at Star Tickets.

The protest Facebook event page states:
IWW Organizer Deirdre Cunningham has been fired from Star Tickets in Grand Rapids where she had been working/organizing for years. The termination comes on the heels of a successful union campaign, which won IWW union certification for all Star Tickets Workers. Deirdre was fired on the day the Union was certified in an attempt to scare the other workers away from their Union.

Solidarity Needed in the Twin Cities!

Posted Tue, 03/26/2013 - 11:52pm by x359437

The Sisters' Camelot Canvass Union are doing a phone and email zap on the Sister's Camelot collective. There are two phone numbers and one email to contact.

Please call Eric Gooden (SC Collective member) at 612-823-0647
Please call the SC Collective office number at 612-746-3051
Please email sisterscamelot@gmail.com

Please tell them to:
1. Rehire the fired union member.
2. Negotiate with the union.

Below is a sample email that can also be used as a script for calling as well.

Dear Sisters' Camelot,

Support Deirdre Chervenka Cunningham!! Support the IWW Star Tickets Workers Union!!

Posted Tue, 03/26/2013 - 5:35pm by IWW.org Editor

IWW Organizer Deirdre Cunningham has been fired from Star Tickets after a successful union election. The IWW workers of Star Tickets were officially recognized as the bargaining agent for Star Tickets today. Also today Mrs. Cunningham was fired in retaliation.

Call owner Jack Krasula and demand justice for Deirdre!!

Phone - 248-945-1127

Register For The 2013 Work People's College

Posted Mon, 03/18/2013 - 12:47pm by x359437


Mark your calendars and register right now to attend the 2013 Work Peoples College at Mesaba Cooperative Park in Minnesota. Members are encouraged to talk with their branch about participating in the WPC. Be a part of the IWW's most significant educational event in memorable history. Is your branch already on board? If so, elect a WPC liason to keep in regular contact with the WPC planning committee.

Click here to register. Click here for more info.