Submitted by x344543 on Thu, 11/02/2006 - 3:16am
Friends:
Eric Larson, an IWW member and long-time supporter of the SWU, is in grave danger along with many indigenous workers in a home in Oaxaca. Eric and his companeros could be seriously wounded or worse tonight and they're asking for help immediately. Eric is a thoughtful, kind, and generous unionist and his comrades are remarkable activists as well. I know you receive many e-mail pleas but I implore you to take the time to respond to this one immediately. The ruling party could lay siege to their home any minute now. We don't need anymore martyrs ripped from their families and friends in Oaxaca. The call for help from Oaxaca follows.
In Solidarity,
Daniel Gross
Please forward widely:
Submitted by x346507 on Sat, 09/02/2006 - 7:27pm
SEPTEMBER 11th, 8PM, $5-20 donation please
The Foundation, 7th and Main Street
STARRING THE RADICAL RIOT FOLK PERFORMANCES OF:
Al Baker: Manchester UK (
www.albaker.co.uk)
Cap'n Kops: Montreal Que (
www.myspace.com/613local)
Joey Only Outlaw Band: Vancouver BC (
www.joeyonly.com)
Alex Allen (b.1917) has been a stalwart member of the union
movement,the radical left, anarchist and communist
organizations since 1938. It often seems as though Alex has
more energy for marching, protesting and picketing then people
who are one quarter his age. This year Vancouver Industrial
Workers of the World has organized a party for this deserving
Submitted by x344543 on Tue, 06/06/2006 - 1:05pm
By Adam Welch - Industrial Worker, June 2006
From California to the northeastern seaboard and the deep south, May 1st was marked by massive demonstrations. People poured into the streets of over 200 U.S. cities in support of immigrant workers' rights as part of the "Grand Paro Americano de 2006," or the Great American Boycott of 2006. With between two and three million participating, it was largest single day of protest ever in the United States.
But the day was far more than a movement of mass demonstrations, as nation-wide restaurants were shuttered, meat processing plants were idled, ripe fruit laid waiting to be picked and the nation's largest port stood at a near standstill. Classrooms were empty in some cities as well, as students, often joined by teachers and staff, skipped school in support. Many of those participating in the "Day Without An Immigrant," both documented and undocumented immigrants along with their supporters, heeded the call by some groups to not work, buy goods or attend school. The tactic is a traditional one called paros civicos, borrowed from social movements in Mexico.
Submitted by x344543 on Tue, 06/06/2006 - 12:58pm
Staff Report - Industrial Worker, June 2006
Thousands of businesses across the country closed their doors May 1st -- some because there were no workers, others because managers preferred to avoid a fight with their employees that they could only lose. Many more worked short-staffed.
In Latino barrios throughout Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago and Miami, thousands of restaurants, warehouses, newsstands, and money transfer services were closed. Many McDonald's outlets cut hours or shut down.
In Los Angeles, hundreds of sweatshop garment factories were closed. The strike paralyzed construction sites and industrial food production plants across the country.
"It was one thing to march," said Armando Navarro of the California-based National Alliance for Human Rights, referring to the earlier wave of immigrant protests. "Now we're going to hit Ôem where it hurts Ð in the pocketbooks."
Cargill, the country's second-largest beef producer, closed seven meat-processing plants employing 14,000 workers. Tyson, Perdue and other meatpackers followed suit. Tens of thousands of farm workers stayed out of the fields, and the American Nursery and Landscape Association estimated that 90 percent of the half million workers in its industry took the day off.
According to Jack Kyser, an economist with the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp., the economic impact of the strike could total $200 million just in Los Angeles County. No one has done similar calculations for the rest of the country, but the total would have to run more than a billion dollars.
While several companies threatened to fire or discipline workers who took off work for the day, and some carried out those threats, many employers' associations urged caution -- warning that such actions could lead to further actions.
"Law firms have been advising their clients that the immigrant labor boycott is protected by the National Labor Relations Act, even though it isn't specifically a union action," reported the May 2 Wall Street Journal, which had real-time coverage of the May Day actions in its online edition.
Submitted by x344543 on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 7:08am
Fellow Workers,
Kindly find below a urgent announcement of the IWA secretariat in Oslo regarding the strugle beetween CNT workers and Mercadona company in Spain.
They need our solidarity - An Injury to one is an insury to all!!!
Argyris Argyriadis
IWW GREECE
iwwgreece@yahoo.gr
From the IWA-Secretariat, Oslo
Dear Sections and Friends!
The CNTE has conflicts in various places in Spain against the firm Mercadona, and now in Barcelona the CNT-AIT has a strike at the "el Centro Logistico de Mercadona en Sant Sadorni d`Anoia". Measures of security, three union delegates’ readmission, and the ceasing of labor pursuit are the reasons of the strike!
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