| Friends and neighbors, The call has gone out and I’m asking everyone who can to take Wednesday off and head to the State Capitol in Lansing to protest the cruel and downright frightening legislation currently being jammed down our throats. What is most shocking to many is that the new governor,who ran against [...] Friday,March 11 · 2:00pm –11:30pm High schools nationwide! High school students in Madison,Wisconsin will walk out of class this Friday,March 11th at 2:00 PM CT to hold a 3:00 CT teach-in on Library Mall in downtown Madison regarding the effects of collective bargaining elimination on public education,as [...] Saturday,March 12 · 11:00am –2:00pm Library Mall (End of State Street away from Capitol), 975 Bascom Mall,Madison,WI The largest protest in Wisconsin’s rich labor history is expected to happen this Saturday in opposition to Governor Walker’s war on the working class,[...] As many of you know,the IWW Starbucks Workers Union has won holiday pay on MLK Day after a 3-year campaign to force Starbucks to honor MLK’s legacy. This is a major union win and will cost the company over $1 million. We would like to ask [...] Saturday,October 16 · 12:00pm –1:30pm Trader Joe’s Brooklyn 130 Court Street. Brooklyn,NY 11201 Join the CFA give a penny to Trader Joe’s cashiers and demand that they pay an extra penny per pound to their farmworkers!! We will be wearing hawaiin shirts and outreaching to customers/community folks. We will [...] Sunday · 12:00pm –3:00pm KRM Supermarket (1325 39th Street,Brooklyn,NY) Come Join Flaum Workers,Brandworkers International,IWW and other allies to fight against New York sweatshops. Flaum Appetizing,a Brooklyn-based kosher food processor,has illegally fired 17 hard-working and dedicated employees. These workers were fired after organizing to oppose 60-80 hour work weeks [...] May 27,2010:INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST MINING AND FREE TRADE IN EL SALVADOR:STREET THEATER AND PROTEST @ THE CANADIAN CONSULATE! 1251 6th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets,Manhattan,NY 12 Noon (sharp!) –2PM ORIGINAL POST HERE [...] Wall Street tanked America’s economy,killed jobs,took $700 billion in taxpayer bailouts—then went right back to business as usual,choking off credit,handing out $145 billion in 2009 executive pay and bonuses and fighting meaningful financial reform. We’re 11 million jobs in the hole and it’s time for the financial industry to pay up [...] Mark your calendars for May 7,2010 and join us at for a rally and march at Reynolds’Shareholders Meeting in Winston Salem. While Reynolds executives meet to discuss profits and decide corporate policy,hundreds of FLOC members and allies will march through the city to demand justice for tobacco farmworkers. March with us in Southwest Detroit(48209),Patton Park to Clark Park MARCH FOR WORKER &IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ON SATURDAY,MAY 1st 2010! DEMAND LEGALIZATION FOR THE UNDOCUMENTED! EDUCATION,HOUSING &HEALTH CARE FOR ALL! | |