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Labor Solidarity Information Group
Public Group active 11 months, 2 weeks ago ago“We are the 99%.” This information group is a point of contact for participants in Occupy Asheville who are interested in organizing actions and campaigns in solidarity with workers and labor unions. We believe it is valuable for Occupy Asheville to develop good organizational relationships with unions, but we also seek to build relationships of solidarity between participants in Occupy Asheville and individual rank and file workers. Please join this working group to share ideas and information about work in this area and to get involved in on going worker/labor solidarity campaigns.
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mark harris posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 11 months, 2 weeks agoMeeting held on 7/6 of coalition of workers’ groups, planning a seminar on Wage Theft. Participating were IWW, Asheville Socialists, Workers Center, Nuestro Center, Just Economics, Jobs with Justice. My hope is this coming together is the the kernel of an Asheville Workers’ Front.
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 11 months, 4 weeks agoSome members of the National Association of Letter Carriers began a hunger strike today protesting the way Congress and USPS management is ”starving” the post office.
Check out the following link:
http://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/06/hunger-strikers-target-congress-starving-post-office
there is a call for solidarity actions on Thursday!
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 1 month agoNews from ACT about the possible closing of the Asheville Processing Facility. http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120508/NEWS/305080018/Fate-Asheville-mail-facility-iffy-closures-bill-stalls?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
We would like to organize an action of some kind before May 15th.
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 1 month agoOccupyLabor.org is a resource launching nationwide on May Day
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 2 months agoSaturday April 14th 2pm Prichard Park
As part of the big Occupy Asheville Tax Day and Community Celebration event, there will be a thirty minute slot to hear from leaders in the unions that represent post office workers and mail carriers. Our hope is this will be moment for relationship building, public education, and moving people to ACT to keep…[Read more] -
Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 2 months agoPostal Worker Solidarity
Sunday (4/8/12) 3pm
Todd’s Tasties (in Monford)Hello,
Get together Sunday to plan out some actions in solidarity with western NC postal workers who are trying keep USPS from reducing service and closing the Brevard Rd mail processing facility. My understanding from the APWU is that we’ve got until mid May to get…[Read more]
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 2 months agoOn March 12th all delegates at the Coordinating Council meeting expressed agreement for the following Statement about Sitel
Sitel is a global corporation that embodies many key elements of our modern economy. They are owned by a publicly traded investment firm. They sell a service that is organizationally and geographically removed from…[Read more]-
Folks interested in Sitel solidarity actions will be meeting this Sunday (3/25/12) at 2pm at the YWCA. email me at jonedoright at yahoo.com or cal 704-608-2204, if you need more info.
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 3 months agoThe Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) the unions who represent workers at Verizon (mainly Verizon’s landline business) have called for a day of action on March 22nd Targeting Verizon but with an emphasis on call centers and outsourcing.
from the CWA website:
VERIZON DAY OF…[Read more]
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Thanks for posting this about the proposed Act. I agree with you about “jingoism” and the bill seems more aimed at embrassing corporations than anything substantive. But it is one of the few bills proposed where two major unions show mutual solidarity, where both political parties seem to show unity and I can get behind this one on that…[Read more]
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 3 months agoThis is from the Organize Sitel Asheville facebook page:
We are Sitel. We work for a billion dollar corporation who gets paid by other billion dollar corporations who outsource thier customer service business. We jam on the phones all day long and we give MILLION dollar service because that’s who we are. We are Sitel. We are the voice and the…[Read more]
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Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 3 months ago“Occupy Atlanta launched a surprise protest against AT&T Monday (February 11th), staging a sit-in at the communication giant’s Southeast headquarters in downtown Atlanta to protest its planned layoffs of hundreds.
While another Occupy protest might not be that shocking, the participants may be: retired Communications Workers of America (CWA)…[Read more]
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mark harris posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 3 months agoFrom AFL-CIO, via twitter: Action against USPS closures.
[bpfb_link url='http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Postal-Workers-Mount-Fight-to-Stop-Processing-Center-Closures' title=' Postal Workers Mount Fight to Stop Processing Center Closures '…[Read more] -
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 3 months agoThere are two interviews on againstthegrain.org that I thought would be worth a listen for those of us in Occupy Asheville interested in labor solidarity.
http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/529/id/091212/mon-2-27-12-labor-and-wisconsin-upsurge
Last February, thousands of protestors occupied Wisconsin’s state capitol trying to prevent the…[Read more]
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Jonathan posted an update in the group
Labor Solidarity Information Group 1 year, 3 months agoOccupy Asheville has a position of standing in solidarity with postal workers in western NC. We know that USPS management plans to close the Asheville Mail Processing Facility on Brevard Rd on May 15th. This would effect 200 jobs and mean that mail being sent within western NC would have to travel to Greenville SC and back. While the media has…[Read more]
On Monday 8 USPS workers began a hunger strike to protest the way Congress is starving the postal service. On Monday USPS management plans to end one day services, such a move will facilitate the closing of the Asheville Processing Facility and similar job sites around the country.
There is a call for solidarity actions on Thursday the 28th. …[Read more]