[Antiracism] [Workers Rights] Wal-Mart Coalition 11/7; Big Y Leafleting 11/8

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

Wednesday November 7
	PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART
	7pm, Converse Hall, Amherst College, Rt 116 at Rt 9, Amherst. Agenda
includes: Status of Hadley and Greenfield site-fights; Wake-Up Wal-Mart
holiday actions; StopSprawlMart.org; "Relocalization" and Buy Local
campaigns. Info: Aron Goldman, 549-1193,
mailto:goldman at policydevelopment.org.


Thursday November 8
	LEAFLET BIG Y RE-OPENING
	10:10am, gather in parking lot in advance of cake-cutting ceremony
at 10:30am, Big Y near Wal-Mart, 136 North King St (Rt 5), Northampton.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=136+N+King+St,+Northampton,+MA+01060,+USA&sa=X
&oi=map&ct=title
	Poverty wages, brutal conditions, crippling injuries - 5,500 workers
in Tar Heel, North Carolina, face this every day at the world's largest hog
processing plant. They are trying to correct it by forming a union. 
	Their employer's response got it cited by Human Rights Watch for
violating international human rights standards and cited by the National
Labor Relations Board and US Court of Appeals for labor law violations.
Smithfield Foods has created an environment of intimidation, racial tension,
violence, and fear of deportation for workers who want a voice on the job.
	You can help them exercise their right to a union. The local Justice
@ Smithfield committee is asking Big Y to stop selling Tar Heel pork (USDA
establishment codes: 18079 and [bacon] 79-C). 
	Stop & Shop and Atkins are on board. The Springfield City Council
and Mayor are on board and urging all area stores to join in. State Rep. Ben
Swan has personally appealed to Big Y. But when a delegation of religious,
community, labor, educational, and student leaders tried to see Big Y's
owners, they were kicked out of the Springfield headquarters. 
	Next step: leafleting Big Y stores, starting with the new
Northampton store. Join us! Info: 827-0301, mailto:wmjwj at wmjwj.org.