• Issue #7 Out!

    by  • 26 April, 2014 • 0 Comments

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    In this Issue:

    One Year Later, Lawyers, Watertown Residents Discuss Post-Marathon Lockdown

    IWW Union Makes Gains, Continues Drive at Insomnia Cookies

    Violence Strains Boston’s Working Class Neighborhoods

    Wellesley Library Workers Win Contract After Public Campaign

    Event: Workers Memorial Day Commemoration

    Event: May1st: International Workers’ Day March & Rally

    Event: Community speakout and teach-in on police militarization!

    Wellesley Library Workers Win Contract After Public Campaign

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    by Melissa Dewey The Wellesley Free Library Staff Association (WFLSA), an independent association that represents the employees at the Town of Wellesley’s main library and its two branches, announced on March 8 the beginning of a campaign to seek public support following the Town’s rejection of the recommendations of a fact-finder in the parties’...

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    Violence Strains Boston’s Working Class Neighborhoods

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    By Jake Carman Shooting Sends Car through Wall of Boston Workers Alliance. Photo credit: Sunshine in the City, VIA Blackstonian. There have been 219 shootings, leaving at least 33 dead in Boston since the Marathon Bombing of April 2013. While the pages of mainstream media are dominated by the anniversary of the attack on...

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    IWW Union Makes Gains, Continues Drive at Insomnia Cookies

    by  • 26 April, 2014 • 0 Comments

    By Jake Carman The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor union achieved two victories at Insomnia Cookies in March, seven months after workers at the fast food chain’s Harvard Square location began a wildcat strike for higher wages, benefits, and union recognition. On March 3rd, the union won a settlement resolving the strike,...

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    After Protest, Suspended Union Organizer Reinstated

    by  • 21 March, 2014 • 0 Comments

    By Jake Carman On Sunday, March 9, just six days after a settlement between Insomnia Cookies and four workers who went on strike last August, the company suspended bicycle delivery “driver” and union organizer Tasia Edmonds. Quick action by the Industrial Workers of the World, which represents Edmonds, the four strikers, and several other area...

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    Days After Settlement, Pickets Return to Insomnia Cookies

    by  • 16 March, 2014 • 0 Comments

    Days After Settlement, Pickets Return to Insomnia Cookies by Jake Carman   Picket lines have returned to Insomnia Cookies, less than two weeks after the company settled with four workers who struck in August of 2013. On Friday March 14, two dozen union members and supporters rallied in front of the Boston location of...

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    Three events this week

    by  • 12 March, 2014 • 0 Comments

    From Black Rose/Rosa Negra Dear Black Rose friends and comrades // Queridxs amigxs y camaradas de Rosa Negra, It seems like the struggle just won't wait for Spring! Between victories, attacks, and ongoing fights, things are heating up and the snow is finally melting! Please join us in the streets for...

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    Insomnia Workers End Strike with Settlement, Declare Victory

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    Press release sent to the Cradle of Liberty Insomnia Workers End Strike with Settlement, Declare Victory   For Immediate Release March 4, 2014. Contacts: Geoff Carens, (Organizer) 617 803 4221, geoff.carens@gmail.com Jonathan Peña, (Striker) 857 200 5575, jonathanfpena@gmail.com The Industrial Workers of the World (Union) 617 863 7920, iww.boston@riseup.net   “…something told me to...

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    Sergio Reyes’ birthday and fund-raising event From Punta Arenas to Boston: 60 years of struggle

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    Sergio Reyes’ birthday and fund-raising event From Punta Arenas to Boston: 60 years of struggle A benefit for the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society Friday, February 14, 2014 – 6:30PM – 10:30PM Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston Street, Boston, MA More info: 617-290-5614 or sreyes1@yahoo.com Sergio Reyes preforms in Copley, photo by 492...

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    Immigrant Detainees Continue Struggle for Rights at South Bay

    by  • 5 February, 2014 • 0 Comments

    By Jake Carman Supporters hold banner offering legal help outside South Bay, November 2013. Photo by Resist the Raids On October 3rd 2013, approximately 40 detainees at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center at Suffolk County House of Corrections (South Bay) in South Boston launched a hunger strike over poor health conditions,...

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