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SF Protest At Veolia To Back USW Local 8751 Boston Bus Drivers |
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by Labor Video Project, |
 San Francisco bus and transit workers rallied to demand the rehiring of the five Boston USW Local 8751 union leaders and an end to union busting by Veolia. They picketed the San Francisco office of Veolia and also attacked Veolia for trying to bust the BART workers during their struggle for a contract. |
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31 Oct 2013
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Workers’ unity, struggle puts brakes on firing of School Bus Union 5 |
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by Joseph Piette, |
 Reposted from workers.org
Boston, Oct. 23 — In an impressive display of strength and unity in the face of a state attack against a militant union, hundreds of Boston bus drivers, bus monitors and community supporters came out tonight in support of the School Bus Union 5: Andre Francois, Steven Gillis, Stevan Kirschbaum, Richard Lynch and Garry Murchison. Today’s events put the Veolia transnational corporation on the defensive, thwarting its hell-bent plan to break the union by attempting to unlawfully fire these long-time, respected members of Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union. |
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26 Oct 2013
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Filed under: News / Labor : Organizing |
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Open Letter to the Anti-Tar Sands Movement |
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by MI Coalition Againat Tar Sands, |
Dear Movement,
We think it’s time for us to have a conversation: a conversation that can help us address the work we need to do in order to build the true grassroots power than can dismantle the oppressive system that tar sands companies and people in power have worked so hard to profit from. For the past four years we’ve heard “leaders” like Bill McKibben call on us to take action to stop the Keystone XL pipeline, and we’ve responded, dutifully travelling to DC to march and protest as a group. We’ve also watched as decision makers have continuously stalled and appeased this movement by refusing to approve the full pipeline, while still consenting to the production, transportation, and refinement of this toxic substance in more and more places across the continent. It is time for us to do more than submit public comments to a system incentivized to ignore us, or chain ourselves to symbols that will look good for the media. The Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands is writing this open letter to call for a dialogue and action around developing an anti-tar sands movement that focuses on the root causes of this issue and unites communities and groups in a common goal to stop tar sands in its entirety. |
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23 Oct 2013
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Filed under: News / Environment : Organizing |
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Call In Succeeds! Migs To Be Released December 12 |
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by NATO 5 Support, |
 Reposted from NATO 5 Support
After two months of call-in and letter-writing campaigns to his office, Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) Director Godinez has reduced Mark Neiweem’s punishment for possessing anarchist symbols and literature to ONE MONTH revoked good time. Mark will now be released on December 12, 2013. |
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17 Oct 2013
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Police and Prisons |
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Cops Fail to Stop Successful October 10 Picket of Insomnia Cookies |
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by Boston IWW, |
 Reposted from the IWW Boston blog
On October 10, IWW members, with help from Harvard’s SLAM, the Bangladeshi Solidarity Network and the CP, picketed Insomnia Cookies’ Harvard Square location. Ridiculous numbers of Cambridge cops attempted to order protesters off the sidewalk to absolutely no effect. Picketers stood firm in their determination to expose Insomnia’s shocking labor practices and pressure the company to adopt a neutral stance towards union organizing. |
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11 Oct 2013
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Filed under: News / Labor : Organizing : Police and Prisons |
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