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Wednesday May 14, 2008
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 11:00 pm

Please join headliner Garnet Rogers, along with Matt Watroba, Mick Lane, Chris Buhalis, Len Wallace and Eleni kelakos at the Ark, for a night of song and solidarity as we honor "the Golden voice of the great Southwest", Utah Phillips.

“I spent my whole life making somebody rich; I busted my ass for that son of a bitch” from Utah’s song ‘All Used Up’.

Tickets are $20 and may be purchased from the Mich. Union Ticket Office - (734) 763-TKTS (8587) at The Ark Box Office or on the web from Ticketmaster.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Open to all members of the Bay Area iu670 organizing committee

For more information, please contact the Bay Area IWW

Thursday May 15, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Monthly Business Meeting. All are welcome.

For more information email bayarea@iww.org

Location:

Grassroots House
2022 Blake Street
Berkeley
Sunday May 18, 2008
Start: 4:00 pm
Fellow Workers, Just a reminder about the Anne Feeney concert at the Heartland Cafe, 7000 N Glenwood in Rogers Park, on Sunday, May 18th at 4:00 p.m. $15.00 cover, half of which goes to the IWW. Make sure you mention the IWW when you pay at the door, because we are sharing this benefit (I know, don't ask) with Chicago Greens, Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism, Chicago Indy Media, and Chicago Labor Against the War.
Saturday May 24, 2008
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOMED!

Workshops 9 AM to 12 Noon: Everegreen State College-Tacoma Campus 1. Immigrant Workers: 2. Working Class Environmentalism: 3. Joe Hill and IWW Music

FANNING THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT SPOKEN WORD AND MUSIC 1 PM to 5 PM: Evergreen State College-Tacoma Campus

MC: Marilyn Kimmerling

THE IWW, IDEAS, STRUCTURE AND TACTICS - Arthur J. Miller

TACOMA IWW - Leah Coakley

MUSIC FOR REBEL WORKERS - Patrick Edelbacher (More musicians to be announced)
 
CHILD CARE PROVIDED: Please let us know if you will need Child Care so that we will know what needs to be organized
 
This event is organized by:
Tacoma General Membership Branch, Industrial Workers of the World
 
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

We will gather at 11 am at the intersection of Park Blvd and 580/MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, next to Oakland High School. Shortly before noon, we will march the 2 blocks to the E. 33rd and Park Blvd for a moment of silence. This is where a bomb planted in her car exploded and nearly killed Judi Bari on May 24 in 1990. In 2003, the City of Oakland declared May 24 Judi Bari Day.

Please join us! Look for the colorful banner that says "Don't Ever Give Up!"

Info: 510-548-3113

You can get there on AC Transit #57 from MacArthur BART or Telegraph and 40th eastbound. Leaving BART at 10:27, 10:42 background:

It was 18 years ago on May 24, 1990 that a pipe bomb planted under her car seat exploded and nearly killed Judi Bari, and only hours later that she was charged with bombing herself, along with her comrade in the car, Darryl Cherney.

It was 11 years ago that Judi, after fighting the FBI, fighting for the forests and the workers, and putting together a Constitutional rights lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland cops, tragically died of cancer at her home.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOMED!

TACOMA, LET US ORGANIZE! Workshop on Workplace Organizing: 6 PM to 9 PM at: Pitchpipe Infoshop, 621 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA

CHILD CARE PROVIDED: Please let us know if you will need Child Care so that we will know what needs to be organized
 
This event is organized by:
Tacoma General Membership Branch, Industrial Workers of the World
 

 

Monday June 2, 2008
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
A public memorial for Bruce "Utah" Phillips, who died Friday night, will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Nevada City Little League field in Pioneer Park.

Phillips was a big baseball fan and regularly attended the Little League games in the park.

“He was a fixture at the games,” said Cindy Maple, executive director of Hospitality House and a friend of Phillips.

The memorial is expected to last two hours. The day had been decided by Phillips' family during the weekend but the exact time and place were were not worked out until Tuesday
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
A public memorial for Bruce "Utah" Phillips, who died Friday night, will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Nevada City Little League field in Pioneer Park.

Phillips was a big baseball fan and regularly attended the Little League games in the park.

“He was a fixture at the games,” said Cindy Maple, executive director of Hospitality House and a friend of Phillips.

The memorial is expected to last two hours. The day had been decided by Phillips' family during the weekend but the exact time and place were were not worked out until Tuesday
Thursday June 5, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Monthly Business Meeting. All are welcome.

For more information email bayarea@iww.org

Location:

Grassroots House
2022 Blake Street
Berkeley
Saturday June 7, 2008
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm

Come out in support of FW Utah Phillips and enjoy a night of music and revelry!

Featured players include: The Funky Nixons, Will Scarlett, Hali Hammer, Clyde Leland, IS (formerly Black Box), Yvette & the Peaceniks, Peter Leopold, Little Boy Blue, and others!

Sliding Scale - No one turned away for lack of fund (but please give generously Fellow Workers! FW Phillips needs our support!)

Utah is no longer able to tour and perform due to poor health. All donations and proceeds go to Utah Phillips.

Call 510-355-2261 for further details.

Thursday June 12, 2008
Start: 4:00 am
Register for the conference at www.sweatfree.org Saturday, July 12, 11:00am-1:00pm Broad Street Ministry, 315 S. Broad St., Philadelphia 11:00-12:30pm Worker Rights Board Hearing: Sweatshops & State Purchasing Practices Testimony by sweatshop workers and public employees who wear the uniforms they make. 12:30pm-1:00pm Sweatfree Rally @ National Governors' Association Centennial Meeting Gather at Broad Street Ministry Urge all 50 governors to join the Sweatfree Consortium to stop tax dollar support for sweatshops. Speakers will include: * Carmencita "Chie" Abad, former sweatshop worker in U.S. territory of Saipan * Kalpona Akter, former child garment worker from Bangladesh * Dennis Brutus, human rights activist * Bishop Dwayne Royster, Pastor of the Living Water United Church of Christ, Philadelphia * ...and many more! The Philadelphia Workers' Rights Board is a project of the Philadelphia Area Jobs with Justice, a coalition of faith leaders, students, unions, and community members who fight for living wages, top-notch benefits, and respect on the job for people in Philadelphia.