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Submitted on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 3:50am
Disclaimer - The following is not an IWW campaign, it is featured here because it has relevance to current IWW organizing efforts. The opinions of the author do not necessarily match those of the IWW. This article is reposted in accordance to Fair Use guidelines.
By Joseph Plaster - San Francisco Bay Guardian, Wednesday September 19, 2007
It's a thin, seemingly innocuous letter. The Social Security Administration mails it when names and Social Security numbers don't match on an employee's I-9 form. The intent is to make sure workers receive their benefits.
But unions and immigrants have long charged that unscrupulous employers use SSA "no match" letters to harass undocumented workers and squelch union organizing efforts. Now, after a failed immigration debate in Congress, the George W. Bush administration wants to pass a regulation that would explicitly turn the letter into an immigration enforcement tool.
Submitted on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 12:06pm
By "Static" - Fort Worth Weekly, Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Jerry Lobdill begs to differ with Static’s description of what happened at city hall last week when a group of local activists asked the Fort Worth City Council to go on the record in favor of impeaching George Bush and Dick Cheney. In fact, “beg” is too weak a description. A vein probably starts throbbing at the side of his head when he thinks about it.
His objections and those of others who were there? Let’s see — the four or five Industrial Workers of the World folks (Wobblies) in attendance weren’t actually part of the impeachment group. They didn’t wave any red or black flags in council chambers or come up to the lectern to talk about abolishing capitalism. (Please, not before Static’s next paycheck clears!) The speaker described as a veteran of several tours of duty in Iraq served in the first Gulf War, not the current conflict. And that’s just for starters.
Submitted on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 6:13am
One Show Only!
Rhizome Cafe, 317 E. Broadway, Vancouver
Sunday, August 5th
Doors Open 5 PM
Show Starts 6 PM
Storyteller and multimedia artist Chris Chandler returns to Vancouver
accompanied by talented Seattle musician Paul Benoit
An audio and visual extravaganza and wildly funny celebration of the human
experience. Featured is his latest work "The Pageant of the Paterson Silk
Strike".
"He is the best performance poet I have ever seen." - Utah Phillips
$5 to $20, nobody turned away!
Presented by the IWW Vancouver
http://www.chrischandler.org/http://www.paulbenoitmusic.com/http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/
Submitted on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 4:40am
Submitted by sparrow, x326388
"We actually don't have any other way to exercise (international) pressure except calling our friends and supporters in the trade unions around the globe to call for this Boycott and Divestment." stated Manawel Issa Abdellal,(see photo) member of the Executive Committee of the 250 thousand member Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) in a recent speech to labor movement supporters in San Francisco.
"Factories actually exist inside the settlements and their products are going to the markets in Europe and in the United States. The whole world is saying these settlements are actually illegal settlements. So why would it be wrong to boycott them?"
Submitted on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 10:37am
The
Twin Cities branch of the Industrial Workers of the World has restarted the historic school known as the
Work People’s College. We are dedicated to providing free, radical, and practical education to the working women and men of our communities, education that will further the aims of the working class revolution that we advocate as a union.
We are now accepting class proposals from prospective instructors for classes beginning in early October 2007. Instructors are not paid, except in gratitude for service to the struggle. We are looking specifically for classes in, but not necessarily limited to, the following areas:
- History (e.g., The Spanish Civil War, the 1934 Strike)
- Vision (e.g., Political Economy, Philosophy)
- Culture (e.g., Working Class Culture classes)
- Organizing (e.g., Direct Action, Social Mapping)
