Submitted on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 1:42am
Headlines:
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Transport workers take action
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Zimbabwe arrests unionists, opposition
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E-Z Supply ordered to pay IWWs $1 million
Featured Articles:
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Haiti IWW delegation travel diary
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Militant, independent, all-Cambodian union
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Staughton Lynd: Another world is possible
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Submitted on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 6:26pm
Greetings from the International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and welcome to the second digest of our monthly 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 [email protected].
In this digest:
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1. ISC News and Activities
- 2. IWW News
- 3. Solidarity Statements and Appeals
Submitted on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 2:44pm
Flaum Appetizing, a kosher food distributor, terminated 20 IWW
members last week. The IWW had a strong presence at Flaum, with about two-thirds of the warehouse being union members. Workers had been struggling for respect from the boss for almost a year before the firings occurred.
The chain of events began last Thursday when the boss fired a woman known for being a strong union member. When her fellow workers
decided to confront the boss about her termination, they were all fired on
the spot.
The IWW is putting up daily picket lines this week and will fight the terminations through direct action, media pressure, and legal
action.
Supporters can write letters to management at:
Flaum Appetizing
288 Sholes Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Submitted on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 4:12pm
Saludos de la Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional (ISC) de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo (IWW) y bienvenidos a nuestro segundo boletín mensual internacional.
El propósito de este boletín es informar a nuestros aliados alrededor del mundo de nuestras actividades, campañas solidarias e información relevante de luchas laborales internacionales. Esperamos que este boletín contribuya a la construcción de la solidaridad entre trabajadores con comunicaciones fortalecidas e intercambios de información.
Para contribuir ideas o noticias al boletín, o contactarse con la ISC por favor dirigirse a [email protected]. Para la versión en español, hacer clic aquí
En esta edición:
1. Acciones y Eventos de la CSI
2. Noticias del IWW
3. Campañas Solidarias y Comunicados
The offical Obituary as provided by the family, May 24, 2008.
Nevada City, California - Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor.
Born Bruce Duncan Phillips on May 15, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of labor organizers. Whether through this early influence or an early life that was not always tranquil or easy, by his twenties Phillips demonstrated a lifelong concern with the living conditions of working people.
