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Submitted on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 3:57pm
Greetings from the International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and welcome to the first of our irregularly published international news letter.
The purpose of this newsletter is to keep our allies around the world informed of our activities, solidarity campaigns, and relevant international labor struggles. It is our hope that this newsletter will contribute to building worker-to-worker solidarity through strengthened communications and exchanges of information.
If you would like to contribute story ideas or news for the bulletin, or wish to contact the ISC, you can email solidarity [at] iww.org.
Saludos de la Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional (ISC) de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo (IWW) y dar la bienvenida a la primera de la carta publicada irregularmente noticias internacionales.
El propósito de este boletín es mantener a nuestros aliados alrededor del mundo informados de nuestras actividades, campañas de solidaridad, y luchas obreras relevantes. Esperamos que este boletín contribuya a construir solidaridad entre trabajadores reforzando las comunicaciones e intercambios de información.
Para contribuir con ideas o noticias al boletín, o para contactar a la ISC por favor escribir a solidarity [a] iww.org. Para la versión en español, hacer clic aquí.
Submitted on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 6:49pm
Originally posted here
Andrew Nellis of the Ottawa Pandhandlers Union said the group has reached a settlement after filing a $1-million lawsuit against the city last year.
The lawsuit accused the city of violating panhandlers' constitutional rights by putting up a fence at the underpass across from Chateau Laurier. Nellis ended up being charged after he snipped a lock off the fence.
On Tuesday, Nellis said the panhandlers and city reached a deal but an agreement on confidentiality prevented him from going into details. Sounded like the settlement might involve allowing the panhandlers to use some property for a street art gallery.
Nellis is claiming victory.
"It won't be the first victory we have, either," he said.
In the same breath, Nellis said the panhandlers group plans to sue the city again if an updated nuisance bylaw comes into force for roads and sidewalks. The bylaw passed the transportation committee meeting Wednesday.
Submitted on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 7:55pm
Disclaimer: the following is the opinion of the author and not the official position of the IWW.
When the earthquake leveled much of Haiti, including the
Presidential Palace, it destroyed the capitalist state apparatus as well as
buildings and lives. In a country whose history includes bloody repression and
paramilitary death squads, all reports were that both the police and the
military had disappeared from the streets.
For several days, the US administration dithered,
uncertain of what to do. Then Obama announced the sending of troops to Haiti along
with the commitment of the miserly sum of $100 million in aid (one third less
than was spent on his inaugural ball). What is the purpose of those troops
there?
“Restoring Order”
The conservative Heritage Fund spelled it out: “We should rapidly
deploy sufficient US
military and civilian forces to help Haitians restore order in the capital of Port-au-Prince and in
surrounding areas,” they write on their
web site. They also clearly see the necessity of using the troops to
prevent the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes from increasing their influence in Haiti.
Nobody should be surprised if conflicts develop along these lines in Haiti.
Obama also carried out the Heritage Fund’s recommendation of
appointing Bill Clinton and George Bush to head up US initiatives in Haiti.
Clinton has a long
history of helping foster neo liberal policies there (low wages and
privatization) as well as having supported the coup against Aristide. Bush is
famed for his administration’s “relief” effort in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The
failure to provide timely aid in Haiti
shows that the direction of efforts in New Orleans
was no mere accident, nor the product of the incompetence of one particularly
stupid US
president; it was the result of the policy of massive privatization. The fact
that these two are in their present position regarding Haiti shows
that nothing has changed.
Submitted on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 11:42am
By Diane Krauthamer
On Wednesday, June 17, members of the New York City IWW protested against the callous layoffs at Havas’ Media Planning Group (MPG), a multimillion dollar media agency whose clients include some of the largest corporations in the world.
MPG recently cut 11 percent of its staff, primarily at its headquarters in New York. But the media giant did not anticipate that one of its former employees, Joseph Sanchez, would publicize their anti-worker practices.
“This extremely profitable corporation laid me off just to put extra money in their pockets,” said Sanchez, who worked in the client accounting department. “Instead of making a living wage, I’m surviving off unemployment benefits and food stamps.”
Submitted on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 4:23am
The massive federal give-away to private banks and insurance
companies has sparked protests across the political spectrum. Recently, some members of the far-right Libertarian Party have sought to make common cause with the left around these issues.
Do we really have grounds to work together on these issues?
John Reimann, Communications Officer for the SF Bay GMB of the IWW will present a socialist viewpoint vs. the viewpoint of the Libertarians as presented by E. Wayne Johnson, Libertarian Party member and former candidate for Urbana City Council. on the radio on Saturday, June 20 at 11:30 a.m. Central time. The show will be hosted by the IWW's own David Johnson, also from Champaign, IL on WEFT*
radio.
Fellow Worker Johnson hosts a regular "Labor Hour" show on WEFT at this time. It can be heard online at:
WWW.WEFT.ORG.
Saturday, June 20, 11:30 a.m. Central Time.
WWW.WEFT.ORG or, for those in and around Champaign/Urbana IL on the radio at 90.1 FM.
Disclaimer: The IWW members on this radio show are representing their own viewpoints and not speaking in any official capacity for the IWW.
