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Labor
Union organizing, workers' rights, farmworkers.
From the open publishing newswire:
Announcing The IWW's 4th Annual WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR, taking place on Saturday December 19th from 11:00AM-4PM.
The room will be packed with vendors of such fame as: Laughing Horse Books, Eberhardt Press, Black Rose, In Other Words, Northstar, Just Seeds, PDX IWW, Great NW Books, and more! There will be more books than You can shake a stick at!
From the open publishing newswire:
The Portland Restaurant Workers Association (PRWA) helped stage a second solidarity action today, Friday, Dec. 11th, against recently opened restaurant Toast and Pho, to regain back wages for three employees. The wage claims were denied, and a third action is planned for tomorrow Dec. 12th.
From the open publishing newswire:
The D5 event was enthusiastic and well attended, with information tables, creative signs, puppets, music and theater. I'd say about 700 people met underneath the Hawthorne bridge to get acquainted and prepare the march to PSU. Along the way there was a tug of war between the people and the wealthy at the Federal building, and at Hoffman Hall, wealthy men with cigars collected money and stuffed it into their pockets, dolling out pennies to the people. At the Hall, various speakers addressed issues within the theme of Fair Trade. Speakers at the Rally were: Lori Wallach (Global Trade Watch), Francisco Lopez (CAUSA Oregon), Barbara Byrd (Oregon Apollo Alliance), Brent Foster (Oregon Department of Justice), Ken Allen (Oregon AFSCME). The gathering was also entertained by musical acts Jim Page and Dr. Atomic's Medicine Show. All praised the victory over the World Trade Organization (WTO)and the corporate Free Trade Agenda in Seattle in late 1999. But, Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch division, went further, saying that stopping the WTO, in Seattle and other places, is only the first step. The next and most important step would be "to turn it around." Related Article: WTO History Project Related Article: Video from the D5 Event Related Article: More Pictures from the D5 Event
From the open publishing newswire:
I was there for the Peoples Summit in Seattle last weekend. I made a camcorder journey of the rally on Monday, November 30th. I'd say a couple hundred people showed up to protest and commemorate the 10 year anniversary of The Battle in Seattle. Two people were arrested in a lock down, A contingent of people went to their congressman and protest Fair Trade agreements. Another group went to a Seattle employer and protested the firing of immigrant workers. Speeches were made as well as theater. The Yes Men were present as well. I made a 26 minute video of that rally.
From the open publishing newswire:
D5 plans for Portland - events start at 12:00 noon at Waterfront Park
As part of the global days of action against the new World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial, people from across the Pacific Northwest will be converging in downtown Portland to speak out against the proposed expansion of failed "free trade" policies and to demand the prioritization of human needs over corporate greed. That week, the World Trade Organization will be holding its largest negotiations on international trade and investment in many years. During the new WTO conference, government officials and corporate lobbyists will be promoting the expansion of business-as-usual trade policies as a solution to, rather than a cause of, the global economic and environmental crises. On their agenda is the expansion of pacts that would: * Cause further offshoring of local jobs * Prohibit new banking regulations designed to prevent the next financial crisis * Force global warming policies to conform with restrictive commercial agreements * Expand agricultural practices that push small farmers off their land and force migration * Require countries to accept imported foods and consumer goods that fail to meet local safety standards We need to fight back. This latest WTO Ministerial -- only the fourth in the past decade -- falls on the exact 10-year anniversary of the hugely-successful Seattle WTO protests.
From the open publishing newswire:
In late November and early December there will be a number of events across the Northwest commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the historic protests against the WTO in Seattle in 1999. As well as opposing the largest round of WTO meetings in years, which are scheduled to take place November 30th-December 2nd in Geneva, Switzerland. Ten years to the day after the Seattle WTO protest!
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You all may remember a few months ago when we announced our collective decision to become an IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) closed shop. This meant that all workers at the cafe, current and future, are and would be union members. It was an act of solidarity and an appreciation of our roots, some of which lie within the union. After we were approved by the Portland branch to become an official union shop, the motion then went to the General Executive Board and was approved. So we are now Portland's official (and only) IWW cafe!
From the open publishing newswire:
David Sokolowski was excited by the promise of starting a full time waiting position at the recently opened Vietnamese/American restaurant Toast & Pho. Toast & Pho, located at 103 NW 21st Ave., opened Sunday, November 1. By Monday Sokolowski was fired, and left unpaid for nearly two weeks of work. On Sunday, November 8, Sokolowski confronted his former employer, and with help from workers involved with the Portland Restaurant Workers Association (PRWA), Sokolowski received his due.
From the open publishing newswire:
Many of you are aware that workers at Laurelhurst Village nursing home on 33rd and Stark have been organizing a union at their facility since late February in order to improve the living and working conditions at their nursing home. Workers had built a majority in support of the union by late March when Laurelhurst management took drastic measures to curtail their campaign. Workers have been written up, suspended, and one employee was fired for union activity. Elizabeth Lehr was fired only three days after demonstrating public support for the union while attending a delegation to the employer to show support for a fellow coworker who was also disciplined for union activity. You can read her statement below.
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Join Immigrant and Labor Rights advocates at the Oregon State Capitol on May 1st!
On Friday May 1st in commemoration of International Workers' Day, Immigrant and Labor Rights advocates will march and rally at the Oregon State Capitol to call on elected leaders to: -Pass Comprehensive Immigration reform NOW! -Stop ICE raids, end the detentions and stop separating families! -Restore Drivers' License access to All Oregon Residents! -Protect and Support Workers' Rights & Just Wages Date: Friday, MAY 1st , 2009 , Time: 11AM-3PM. Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97309
From the open publishing newswire:
For centuries the means of production have been owned by only a few individuals. This has led to spectacular robberies like are apparent at the present time, but also to a quiet, ignored theft of the real value of labor.
To give a logical answer as to why laboring people are not paid nearly the real value of their labor, I need to go back in history and give a basic scientific explanation of the situation.
From the open publishing newswire:
Considering the track record of the government bailouts to save the "free market," socialists believe an additional $2 trillion will not ease up credit markets and will do little to ease the on-going national economic crisis. Congress has presently invested more than $2 trillion since February 2008 to free up the credit markets; however, the credit markets remain as frozen as Antarctica.
[un]Related commentary: Campaign Cash Bought Deregulation Triggered Economic Meltdown Interview with Nick Nyhart | Global Day of Action: We Will Not Pay for Your Crisis - March 28 Berlin
From the open publishing newswire:
It's everywhere you look and in every speech you listen to. Every time a politician or businessmen talks about the recession, an almost in-synch, repetitive mantra can be heard: "Shared sacrifice, equality of sacrifice, hard choices." Oh my.
There must be something to it, since EVERYBODY seems to be regurgitating the phrase in harmony. |
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