[Antiracism] [Workers' Rights] Franklin County Workers' Rights Committee 1/22

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

Thursday January 22 (Fourth Thursday)

FRANKLIN COUNTY WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE

7-8:30pm, First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield. Organizing
local solidarity for Franklin County workers and unions; nurses and other
workers at Franklin Medical Center; Greenfield municipal employees; and
statewide and national workers' rights campaigns, including People's
<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/peoplesbailout>  Bail-Out and Employee
<http://www.jwj.org/freechoice/index.html>  Free Choice Act. 

 

We will have a telephone call with a representative of United Electrical
Workers Local 1110, which occupied Republic Windows & Doors in Chicago last
month.  They are going on a victory tour and will be in Western Mass on
Tuesday February 3, 11:30am, at Pioneer Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd,
Springfield.  See below.

 

Info: 827-0301, wmjwj at wmjwj.org.

 

RESISTANCE & RECOVERY

 

COMMUNITY LUNCH & FORUM

 

Armando Robles, President, UE Local 1110:

the Republic Windows & Doors Sit-In Strikers in Chicago

 

Tuesday February 3

11:30am

Pioneer Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield

 

REPUBLIC WINDOWS & DOORS VICTORY TOUR!

 

 

In December, 260 workers at Chicago's Republic Windows occupied their plant
for six days, a sit-in strike launched in response to the closing of their
plant with only 3 days notice.  Jobs with Justice coalitions along with
other community, faith, and labor activists from across the country
mobilized in support of these workers, helping them win a settlement from
Bank of America and Republic owners including severance pay and compensation
for unpaid earnings.

As the economic crisis deepens, millions of people face jobs loss and
foreclosures.  Join Jobs with Justice and other groups in celebrating the
successful resistance at Republic and launching the broader campaign for an
economic recovery that puts Main Street before Wall Street.

 

 

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[Workers' Rights] posts opportunities for you to learn about and show
solidarity with workplace and working class struggles. And these events are
opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge:
<http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html> "I'll be there for workers' rights at least
five times a year!" This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice
(www.jwj.org <http://www.jwj.org/> ), affirming that workers' rights are
human rights. To subscribe, send an email to wmjwj at wmjwj.org with a Subject
of "Subscribe Workers' Rights".



Western Mass Jobs with Justice
640 Page Blvd #101
Springfield MA 01104
(413) 827-0301 

 

 

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