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Serbia: Students protest and occupy |
by Rata
Previously published: libcom.org |
17 Mar 2007
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A participant's report of new student protests against neo-liberal "reforms" of the education sector. |
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IWW wins labor board ruling - Workers reinstated at Amersino after being fired for joining union |
by IWW
Previously published: iww.org |
17 Mar 2007
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NY, NY, March 6, 2007 – In a big win for workers in Brooklyn and Queens, the National Labor Relations Board ordered that warehouse owner Henry Wang of Amersino Marketing Group, LLC reinstate Manuel Lopez and Juan Antonio Rodriguez, pay thousands of dollars in back wages, and cease and desist any and all illegal anti-union measures. On February 27, 2007, the Board found that Wang violated two sections of the National Labor Relations Act by firing Lopez and Rodriguez, after they joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union, and by intimidating others who engaged in protected union activity.
“It’s clear that it was discrimination for trying to form a union,” said Rodriguez. |
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Please help stop the Iranian government from jailing four courageous activists |
by OCAP
Previously published: ocap.ca |
06 Feb 2007
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The Iranian Regime wants to jail Mahmoud Salehi for four years and has handed out sentences of two years to Jalal Hosseini, Borhan Divargar and Mohsen Hakimi. The deplorable conditions in Iran’s jails make such sentences a threat to the lives of these men. They are currently appealing the decision to deprive them of their liberty.
They were charged, under Iranian security laws, after they were involved in efforts to organize a May Day celebration in 2004 that was never allowed to take place. The location of the event, in the town of Saqez, was taken over by security forces and those who attempted to attend it were attacked and arrested. |
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Starbucks Workers Union Expands to Maryland in Spite of Harsh Anti-Union Effort |
by IWW Starbucks Workers Union
Previously published: StarbucksUnion.org |
23 Jan 2007
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Rockville, Maryland- Employees at a Starbucks store here announced their membership in the IWW Starbucks Workers Union today and served a list of demands on their manager including a living wage, secure work hours, and the reinstatement of union baristas illegally fired for organizing activity. The action marks the expansion of the SWU to a third state- baristas began joining the union in New York City and the campaign grew to Chicago last August. Starbucks cafes were completely non-union in the United States before the Industrial Workers of the World initiated its organizing drive in 2004. |
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NYC’s food warehouse workers unionize - Bosses retaliate |
by Diane Krauthamer and David Graeber
Previously published: iww.org |
23 Jan 2007
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The last year has witnessed something of a social miracle. Immigrant workers in five different warehouses, long bypassed by mainstream organizing drives, began organizing themselves under the banner of the IWW—the famous Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies—and achieving immediate and dramatic improvements in shop-floor conditions. Within the last few months, bosses have begun a major counteroffensive, breaking contracts and engaging in illegal mass firings of anyone engaged in union activities. Mexican and Chinese immigrant workers are standing their ground and with the support of the rest of the New York IWW, battling back in the name of solidarity and dignity of labor. |
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Repression Against CNT-PTT Union |
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by CNT-F |
21 Nov 2006
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After 20 years of existence, the Federation of the CNT PTT (postal services workers union) is now forbidden at La Poste (Postal services). |
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Polish Workers Initiative members need solidarity |
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by Workers Initiative |
21 Nov 2006
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The Impel-Tom Company in Zielona Gora has fired the next three activists of Workers' Initiative because they spoke loudly and openly in court about the illegal activity of their employer towards their labour union. |
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Spain: CGT calls protest in Madrid against union repression in Poland |
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by CGT |
29 Oct 2006
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The Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) has organized a demonstration to take place on Thursday 26th October 2006, at 1.00pm, outside the Polish Embassy (Calle Guisando 23 bis) to protest against the union repression in Poland and to show our solidarity with Polish workers who have conseqwuently lost their jobs. A letter of protest will also be handed in to the embassy. |
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Nov. 15: SAC calls for strike by 2.5 million workers |
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by Ronny Stansert |
29 Oct 2006
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The Swedish syndicalist union SAC calls upon all 2.5 million Swedish private sector workers to engage in a political strike against the proposal to cut of the subsidies to unemployed* and the total reform of the unemployment system, by the new right-wing Swedish government. The proposal is to reduce the payment to the unemployed. This has awakened the sleepy working movement in Sweden.
Rough translation. All errors are mine
--mitch (personal capacity) |
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Starbucks workers joining IWW in global fight for labor rights |
by IWW
Previously published: iww.org |
24 Oct 2006
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Picket lines are appearing at Starbucks outlets around the world, as word spreads of the coffee giant’s firing of three IWW members for union activity between July 11 and August 5. Workers were illegally fired on pretexts ranging from insubordination to undermining employee morale as Starbucks grows ever more desperate to crush the union’s growing support. |
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