Labor

At 6pm, Thursday, Dec. 15th, activist Josh Karpoff will be going before a
Judge in Ogden Town Court on trumped up charges of harassment. Josh was
supporting the striking workers at Caldwell Mfg, out in Ogden, when a
security guard lost his balance while escorting on of the scab vehicles
through the picket line, and blamed said loss of balance on Josh. Josh was
arrested by Ogden Town Police and charged with Harassment in the Second
Degree, which is a violation.

Slaughter in Serene: the Columbine Coal Strike Reader tells the history of Colorado working folk taking a stand against economic injustice

Solidarity March with SEIU 1199 for Jobs, Justice and Health Care Saturday, Nov 5th
12 noon to 2 pm
Meet at Genesee Valley Park (Parking Lot for Swimming Pool/Ice Rink) and march to the UR River Campus

The University of Rochester is trying to cut wages and health care for the service workers at the U of R and Strong Hospital.

By deliberately confusing assets that can be *produced*
with assets that can only be *acquired*, modern economics
laid the ideological foundation for unemployment, poverty,
inequality, and the looming global depression.

Unable to reach an agreement which protects the wages and benefits of workers, talks between the University of Rochester and SEIU adjourned Friday. As a result, workers will be picketing outside Strong Hospital at 12 noon on Friday, October 21. Worker's will be demonstrating for fair wages and the protection of their family's health care.

It was nearing ten o’clock, Sunday night (Sept. 25). I was driving my friend home to SUNY Oswego on Rt. 481 N. and there on the left side of the road, just north of the city of Fulton, I saw two workers boldly picketing in front of the Interface Solutions Volney Plant, a company that manufactures gaskets and paper backing for vinyl flooring. I was surprised to see them there. It was over a month ago that I had seen workers at the same picket line. I decided to turn around and find out why exactly they were picketing.

Since Hurricane Katrina, Community Labor United - a New Orleans based coalition dedicated to creating spaces for grassroots organizations to dialogue, strategize, and build collective work-- has been facilitating the development of a Peoples' Hurricane Relief Fund & Oversight Coalition. Due to the enormity of the task
ahead of us and the many different areas of work that need to be addressed, it has become clear that a national coalition must form to take on this project.

GSAclubsNOW is a grassroots activist organization created to respond to the discrimination and harassment that students and staff in our public schools face on a daily basis. Because these events often go unchecked and unreported we felt it necessary to create a network through which students and staff in public schools can receive support and take action RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. GSAclubsNOW is asking for your help in fighting the discrimination outlined below. Go to http://gsaclubsnow.tripod.com for more information.

U.S. DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ANNONCES UNITE TO WIN CAMPAIGN FOR SECURITY POLICE OFFICERS NATIONWIDE

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Starbucks, Give Sarah her Job Back Now!

A Picket at the 17th and 1st Starbucks
Saturday, Aug 6th at 2pm

Who: Union baristas, Wobblies, supporters from Million Worker
March and Make the Road by Walking, and all the great community folks that care
about workers' rights!

What: Continue the community pressure at the Sbux Location where union
member, Sarah Bender, was unjustly fired on May 28th. Bring signs,
noisy things and a fighting spirit!