Submitted on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 2:26pm
Headlines:
- Mass Firings in New York City
- New IWW Organizing Department Reaches Out To Organizers
- Workers Call for Hornblower Boycott
Featured Articles:
- Fifth Firing Sparks Creative Response - IWWs and supporters in Boston, Pittsburgh and Leicester, UK, protest Starbucks' intimidation tactics
- Ben Fletcher of Local 8 Docks - Review of the first book about Ben Fletcher, an African-American IWW organizer
- Industry Issue: Privatization - Workers in the UK's healthcare and postal sectors fight the New Labour agenda, while Iraqi oil and petroleum workers struggle against the privatization of this vital sector
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Submitted on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 2:18pm
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Submitted on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 2:16pm
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Submitted on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 6:26pm
The weekend of March 16th was full of activity for the Bay Area IWW. On Friday there were two workplace intervention rallies, the first at 6:30 AM and the second twelve hours later.
It was still dark in the sky when FWs from the Bay Area GMB began gathering outside of the management office at Curbside Recycling. The reason for the visit was primarily to show visible support to the shop steward for repeated harassment (including unpaid suspension) on the part of management. Several of the shop workers were also there to show support, and the crowd was treated to invigorating speeches by several of the recyclers as well as other branch members.
The other reason for the rally was to demonstrate to management that the union can mobilize when it is needed to support the workers fighting for their interests. This is important because management is trying to drive out any workers who are accustomed to acting as a union, and because the workers may try to increase pressure for a good contract when the current one expires jointly with the the Buyback Recyclers, an IWW shop on the same lot. Management was clearly uncomfortable when around 20 wobblies entered the office to discuss the bullying of the shop steward...
Submitted on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 6:16pm
Coffee farmers receiving just 2.2% of the retail sales of their beans at Starbucks?
Starbucks insuring a lower percentage of its workforce than Wal-Mart?
Is Starbucks' Corporate Social Responsibility Report a flashy exercise in Venti-sized deception?
Learn the reality behind Starbucks' socially responsible rhetoric in this new report from Justice from Bean to Cup! and the IWW Starbucks Workers Union. Find out what we learned on our trip to meet Ethiopian coffee farmers and what it's like to work behind the green apron in a Starbucks cafe.
Full text - 2006 Starbucks Corporate Irresponsibility Report
