Sunday Mar 2, 5PM @ 2640 One Big Concert! Jazz legends David "Fathead" Newman, Louis Hayes, Larry Willis and Steve Novosel play a benefit show for the IWW! One Big Concert! Jazz legends David "Fathead" Newman, Louis Hayes, Larry Willis and Steve Novosel play a benefit show for the IWW! Sunday Mar 2, 5PM @ 2640 (2640 St. Paul St.)

Jazz Artists Management and the IWW bring an all-star jazz concert to 2640!

IWW member Joe Agins Jr was recently fired from Panera Bread. Agins was not given a reason for his termination. He often faced harassment at work and his managers openly union-busted in Panera after learning that Agins was a former Starbucks barista and member of the Starbucks Workers Union.

PICKET
Wednesday, March 5, 12-2pm
at Panera Bread

DIRECTIONS:
- take the 6 train north to Pelham Bay Park (last stop)
- when you get out, stand in front of the CVS to get the 12 bus
- get off at the next stop
- you will see a Staples, walk towards that and you will see Panera Bread

CONTACT: Joe 917-498-0085

London IWW GMB meeting, held at the meeting room above Freedom Press, near Aldgate East Underground. visit www.freedompress.org.uk for directions.

Any problems, call 07817 877 507

The Monthly Business Meeting.  All are welcome. 

For more information email bayarea@iww.org

Location:

Grassroots House

2022 Blake Street

Berkeley

Join the IWD coalition as we march through historic sites in lower Manhattan, including the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

At night, there will be a dinner and presentation celebrating women in working class movements.

More info TBA.

Lucy Parsons Center 549 Columbus Avenue South End At conclusion of meeting (weather permitting) a number of us will be distributing leaflets at the Harvest Food Coop in Jamaica Plain calling for the reinstatement of Deon Furtick.

SUNDAY March 9 at 6PM The new GDC Steering Committee will be hosting a Conference Call to discuss this year's agenda and priorities. Non-steering committee GDC members are welcome to dial on. Please contact nosweatshopsbucco@yahoo.com for access number or to recommend agenda items. Here is what has been recommended so far: 1) Moderation of email list 2) Pay Pal 3) Defiant Spirit 4) Creating an Updated GDC members list 5) assign local to each of us to keep in touch with 6) what are the points for determining who we give defense funds too EMAILS FOR 2008 Steering Committee are: nosweatshopsbucco@yahoo.com, lemastma@email.uc.edu, kmayoh@gmail.com Central Secretary Treasurer ktacmota@aol.com

Dear Fellow Workers, Please join us in our monthly General Membership Branch meeting. Come hear about the IWW, and participate in the creation of the one big union here in Baltimore. Thank you, The Baltimore IWW

Open to all members of the Bay Area iu670 organizing committee

For more information, please contact the Bay Area IWW

• Phone - (510) 845-0540
• Email - bayarea [at] iww.org
• Web - bayarea.iww.org
• Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/bayareaiwwgmb

The theme for the 2008 Rouge Forum Conference is: “Education: Reform or Revolution?” and will be hosted by Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY March 14 – March 16, 2008. Given the recent Supreme Court decision, striking down the local school district’s student assignment plan; the ongoing war(s) in the Middle East; and the consistent environmental degradation of the planet, the 2008 conference will focus on one of the major socializing influences in our lives: Education. http://www.rougeforum.org/

The theme for the 2008 Rouge Forum Conference is: “Education: Reform or Revolution?” and will be hosted by Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY March 14 – March 16, 2008. Given the recent Supreme Court decision, striking down the local school district’s student assignment plan; the ongoing war(s) in the Middle East; and the consistent environmental degradation of the planet, the 2008 conference will focus on one of the major socializing influences in our lives: Education. http://www.rougeforum.org/

The Boston IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) will be holding a organizing training class on Saturday, March 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Topics to be covered include: 1) What is the IWW? Why is it Special? 2) Stages of a Campaign 3) Contacts, Mapping the Workplace, Social Charting, Identifying Leaders 4) Setting up the First Meeting 5) AEIOU: Agitate, Educate, Inoculate, Organize = Union 6) Asking workers to Join 7) Going Public Registration: $5 (sliding scale for IWW Members / Students / Seniors / Unemployed) Location: encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th floor, Boston For more information contact: bostgmb-L@iww.org

The theme for the 2008 Rouge Forum Conference is: “Education: Reform or Revolution?” and will be hosted by Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY March 14 – March 16, 2008. Given the recent Supreme Court decision, striking down the local school district’s student assignment plan; the ongoing war(s) in the Middle East; and the consistent environmental degradation of the planet, the 2008 conference will focus on one of the major socializing influences in our lives: Education. http://www.rougeforum.org/

SEA Board Meetings are typically held on the third Thursday of each month at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 3rd Floor, at 10:30am. Meeting changes will be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. For SEA Board Meeting minutes or questions, please call 412-393-0200. --- We continue to connect the issues and focus on similarities rather than differences between workers in Pittsburgh and workers in other parts of the world. --- February 22, 2008 P.J. Dick Incorporated Walter Czekaj, Executive Director of Field Operations Jennifer Howe, Project M-BWE Coordinator PO Box 98100 Pittsburgh, PA 15227-0500 412-462-9300 Fax 412-462-2588 Dear Mr. Czekaj and Ms. Howe:

The London Coalition Against Poverty

in partnership with the IWW union
and Solidarity Federation
presents a FREE afternoon
work shop with sessions on:

* KNOWING OUR RIGHTS AT WORK
* WHY WE SHOULD ORGANISE AT WORK
* HOW TO ORGANISE YOUR WORKPLACE

The day will consist of:

First session: 'Exploring Workers' Rights': looking at basic rights; where to find sources of information; exploring what rights apply in particular scenarios. Participants will receive a booklet containing what has been covered.

The main room will have over 50 booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups from the Bay Area, the west coast and North America. Speakers and panels will be featured in the auditorium, with some discussions and speakers in the cafe area as well.

The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair has become one of the largest annual gatherings of anarchists and radical books in the world. As always, everyone is welcome, from long-term anarchists to the merely curious!

Speakers and panelists this year will include:

Robin Hahnel, Jules Boykin, Jen Angel, Diane DiPrima, Eric Drooker, Jonathan Lee, Sue Englander, Terence Kissack, Rick Dankan, Fly, Maxine Doogan (ESPU), Kristian Williams, Sascha DuBrul, Josh Macphee, Jon Bekken (IWW), Nora Barrows-Friedman, Susan Greene, Tom Pessah, Rachel West, Khalil Bendib and others

http://sfbookfair.wordpress.com/

The main room will have over 50 booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups from the Bay Area, the west coast and North America. Speakers and panels will be featured in the auditorium, with some discussions and speakers in the cafe area as well.

The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair has become one of the largest annual gatherings of anarchists and radical books in the world. As always, everyone is welcome, from long-term anarchists to the merely curious!

Speakers and panelists this year will include:

Robin Hahnel, Jules Boykin, Jen Angel, Diane DiPrima, Eric Drooker, Jonathan Lee, Sue Englander, Terence Kissack, Rick Dankan, Fly, Maxine Doogan (ESPU), Kristian Williams, Sascha DuBrul, Josh Macphee, Jon Bekken (IWW), Nora Barrows-Friedman, Susan Greene, Tom Pessah, Rachel West, Khalil Bendib and others

http://sfbookfair.wordpress.com/