Submitted on Sat, 09/30/2006 - 1:44pm
Disclaimer - The following article is reposted here because it is an issue with some relevance to the IWW. The views of the author do not necessarily agree with those of the IWW and vice versa.
Some Claim the Current Business Strike Will Be Used as Pretext for Repression
By Hermann Bellinghausen - La Jornada, September 28, 2006 OAXACA CITY, Sep. 27: In a city permeated by tension in the face of widespread rumors of immanent attacks by Institutional Revolutionary Party-aligned “shock troops” and corresponding intervention by federal police, the state teachers’ union agreed to continue its struggle “in a massive and united fashion… until the fall of the tyrant Ulises Ruiz Ortiz is achieved, and only then begin the school year.” Enrique Rueda Pacheco, general secretary of the local Section 22 of the National Union of Education Workers, publicized the agreements through a new consultation with the rank-and-file on the continuation of the strike, which began 129 days ago.
Submitted on Mon, 09/25/2006 - 2:22pm
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En la Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional (ISC) de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo (IWW) estamos muy preocupados por la desaparición de Julio López. Sabemos que los testigos tales como Julio López son la clave para ajusticiar a los oficiales militares y de la policía que cometieron crímenes contra la humanidad durante la dictadura militar del 1976 al 1983. La Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional (ISC) apoya las demandas de la sociedad civil argentina para que el gobierno se responsabilize por la protección de los testigos. Instamos al gobierno a que use todos los resortes del estado para encontrarlo vivo y en buen estado. La Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional (ISC) se solidariza con los compañeros y compañeras que
están buscando a Julio y esperamos que se le encuentre a salvo pronto.
En solidaridad,
Comisión de Solidaridad Internacional (ISC) de los Trabajadores
Industriales del Mundo (IWW)
Submitted on Mon, 09/25/2006 - 2:12pm
To whom it may concern,
The International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is extremely concerned with the disappearance of Julio Lopez. We recognize that witnesses like Julio are key to bringing to justice the military and police officers who during the military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, committed crimes against humanity. The ISC supports the demands of Argentinean civil society that the Argentine government exercise its responsibility to protect such witnesses. We urge the government to employ all the resources of the State to find him, alive and intact. The ISC stand in solidarity with the companeros and companeras who are searching for Julio and hope for his immediate safe return.
Sincerely,
International Solidarity Commission, IWW
Submitted on Fri, 09/15/2006 - 4:23pm
The DC IWW held a picket Monday, September 11, 2006 of Adams Morgan Starbucks from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
IWW members passed out 300 flyers and collected approximately 75 signatures for a petition demanding that the four fired workers (IWW Members Daniel Gross, Evan Winterscheidt, Joe Agnis Jr and Charls Fostrom) be rehired.
About 8 or 9 IWW members and supporters attended the picket and generally speaking a good time was had by all. The DC IWW is planning to picket another Starbucks in two weeks.
Submitted on Fri, 09/15/2006 - 3:50pm
Disclaimer - The following article is reposted here because it is an issue with some relevance to the IWW. The views of the author do not necessarily agree with those of the IWW and vice versa.
By Betsy Schiffman, AP Business Writer - Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Waiting tables is a stressful job and sometimes not even lucrative, given servers' sticky reliance on tips for income.
In some states, restaurants are only legally required to pay as little as $2 or $3 an hour. So if a server earns $30 in tips on a bad night, he could feasibly walk out having earned less than minimum wage after tipping out the bartender and busboys (a common practice in most restaurants).
