Tues. 9pm in WC122 - Fair Contract Coalition, 2nd Mtg

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Submitted by Knight0440 on Tue, 2012-11-20 08:03
Date/Time: 
Tue, 11/20 - 9:00pm to 11:00pm
    • 9:00pm until 10:00pm
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    gleason theatre, gleason library.
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    (latest update)
    Come watch a 1/2 hour documentary about how students and immigrant janitors took on—and defeated—one of the most powerful universities in the world, "Occupation" documents the historic three-week sit-in by the Harvard Living Wage Campaign. The Campaign won unprecedented gains for low-wage workers at the world’s richest university, and catapulted the living wage movement to the center of public attention. In demonstrating one local response to corporate power in an age of globalization, Occup
    ation powerfully depicts how people from dramatically different backgrounds stood together and WON a living wage for Harvard's janitors. Narrated by Ben Affleck.

    NOW (7:00) in Gleason Theatre! See you there!!





    ========(background information)
    The Black Student Union, Students for a Democratic Society, Amnesty International and the Student Association of Vegan and Vegetarian Youth are coming together to form a coalition to support U of R's service workers in their fight for a fair contract. Join us!

    THE FAIR CONTRACT COALITION is meets on Tuesdays @ 9pm in Wilson Commons 122 (downstairs, across from the Pit).

    Come get involved with this important campus issue by becoming a stakeholder in the coalition - let's move this campaign forward to ensure that our service workers are able to negotiate a fair and just contract - one that provides a living wage and health care benefits.

    Involved with a student group on campus? Invite them to join the coalition!!

    for more information on this struggle:

    http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121102/NEWS01/311020027/University-of-Rochester-service-worker-contracts-march?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome&nclick_check=1

    http://metrojustice.org/2012/10/students-should-support-a-fair-contract-for-ur-service-workers/

    http://metrojustice.org/takeaction1199/