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• Ongoing - Attention ACORN Workers; if you believe you have been discriminated against, file a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - HERE;
• Or, download an MS Word formatted EEOC questionaire HERE.
• 6-28-2001 - Download this Letter to San Jose ACORN Management.

Aftermath of the Strike:

• 3-27-2003 - Dallas ACORN loses their appeal against the IWW!
• 9-02-2002 - ACORN Alert - by Rovin' Workman.

The Seattle ACORN Strike of Spring 2001:

• 5-25-2001 - ACORN Pays $20,000 Back Pay Settlement.
• 5-05-2001 - Why ACORN's Offer Lacks Substance.
• 4-24-2001 - ACORN Refuses Offer from Union to Negotiate.
• 4-20-2001 - IWW wins victory at NLRB.
• 4-17-2001 - (Week 7) Striking Union Offers to Settle with ACORN.
• 4-10-2001 - (Week 6) ACORN Workers Hold the Line.
• 3-28-2001 - Download Our ACORN Week of Action Leaflet PDF File.
• 3-23-2001 - (Week 4) ACORN Management Fills Office with SCABS.
• 3-16-2001 - Week 3 for Striking Seattle ACORN Workers.
• 3-05-2001 - Week 2 for Striking Seattle ACORN Workers.
• 3-02-2001 - Strike Update.
• 2-29-2001 - The Events that Lead to the Strike.

Togather - ACORN Workers' Newsletter:

• 3-28-2001 - (Togather Issue #4) The latest ACORN update - PDF File
• 2-27-2001 - Seattle ACORN staff on STRIKE.
• Also available as a PDF File (Togather Issue #3)
• 2-19-2001 - (Togather Issue #2) The latest ACORN update - PDF File
• 1-29-2001 - (Togather Issue #1) IWW Organizes at Philadelphia ACORN - PDF File

Workers Actions - Organizing, Strikes & Pickets:

• 4-06-2001 - ACORN Action in Philadelphia.
• 3-28-2001 - Local Boston Unions to Picket ACORN.
• 3-17-2001 - NYC Wobblies Picket ACORN National Office in Brooklyn.
• 2-09-2001 - IWW workers at Philly ACORN on STRIKE! - PDF File

Press Coverage of the Strike & Organizing Efforts:

• 4-21-2001 - Oregon ACORN manager caught scabbing at Seattle - Dave Mazza, Portland Alliance, April 2001
• 4-20-2001 - ACORN's Olsen says, Workers Fired Due to "Bad Organizing Drive" by IWW - Details
• 3-29-2001 - Download Our Complete Press Packet - WARNING, LARGE FILE! (about 2 MB).
• 3-29-2001 - Download Our Basic Press Packet - (slightly Smaller; without Togather, about 1 MB).
• 3-29-2001 - AFL-CIO Head Ducks Left Punch - by Eric Convey, Boston Herald, Thursday, March 29, 2001
• 3-28-2001 - Strange Bedfellows - Acorn Loans Clients to Bad Lender, By Matt Pacenza, City Limits.
• 3-27-2001 - Wall Street Journal - Work Week Column by Carlos Tejada.
• Industrial Worker April 2001 - Seattle ACORN Workers Strike for Recognition, Fair Play.
• Industrial Worker March 2001 - Philly Acorn Workers Strike for Safe Jobs & End to Union Busting.
• 2-15-2001 - Dramatic Irony, By Gwen Shaffer, February 15-22, 2001, The City Paper.

ACORN Workers Speak Out & Respond to Management:

• 7-6-2001 - Why Acorn Doesn't Work.
• 5-25-2001 - An Analysis of ACORN's Latest Remarks.
• 5-22-2001 - Fellow Worker X352548 Responds to Kent Smith Details.
• May 2001 - The IWW Responds to 20 ACORN Claims
• 4-24-2001 - Still more Responses to Acorn Misinformation.
• 4-20-2001 - Why Workers in Seattle Struck so Quickly.
• 4-20-2001 - Some Information about Wade Rathke's "Real" Union.
• 4-18-2001 - Support the ACORN Workers.
• 4-11-2001 - Why we're Organizing With the IWW, by Julia Fitzsimmons.
• 4-09-2001 - Even More Responses to ACORN Misinformation Yet.
• 4-02-2001 - The IWW Responds to MORE Misinformation from ACORN.
• 4-02-2001 - The IWW Responds to Eat the State editor Geov Parrish.
• 3-16-2001 - Download Sounds of the Picket from IndyMedia.
• 3-07-2001 - An Open Letter to ACORN Leaders, from Dallas ACORN Organizer, John Rees.
• 3-07-2001 - The IWW Responds to an Anonymous ACORN Apologist.
• 3-02-2001 - How ACORN violates their own People's Platform.
• 2-23-2001 - Fellow Worker X352548 responds to misinformation from ACORN.

Letters and Resolutions of Support:

• 4-17-2001 - SEIU 285 - Union of Union Workers.
• 4-09-2001 - Ex-Philly ACORN Boss Supports Organizing Drive.
• 3-17-2001 - Letters of Community Support for IWW Strike.
• 3-16-2001 - Acorn Strike Endorsed by King County Labor Council.
• 3-07-2001 - Solidarity from a Boston SEIU District 925 Member.
• 3-02-2001 - Solidarity from American Postal Workers Union, Local #28

Links to Sites About ACORN

• Equal Time - Visit ACORN's WebSite