[Antiracism] Workers' Rights Calendar Addition

[WMass Jobs with Justice]

Thursday February 25

            FREE FILM (PIZZA & POPCORN TOO): WITH BABIES
<http://www.motionpix.info/WITH-BABIES-AND-BANNERS.html> & BANNERS

            5:30pm Pizza, 6pm Film, 6:45pm Food, Discussion, Fun;
Massachusetts Nurses Assn Region 1, 241 King St #226, Northampton. Academy
Award nominee documents the untold story of the women who became the
backbone of the Great General Motors Sit Down Strike of 1937 - the labor
movement's key to the successful drive for industrial unionism and a better
life for working Americans. Info, RSVP: 584-4607, region1 at mnarn.org. 

A NOTE ABOUT PUBLIC MEETINGS & CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES:  Men and women are
requested to avoid smoking and wearing scented personal products when
attending public meetings. Scents trigger adverse responses in those with
chemical sensitivities, allergies, and asthma. Note that many workers,
including nurses, develop chemical sensitivities on the job. 

 

AND SAVE THE DATE

 

Wednesday March 31 

TOM JURAVICH: AT THE ALTAR OF THE BOTTOM LINE

7pm, Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village
Commons, S Hadley, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks at aol.com;
www.odysseybks.com (www.odysseybks.com/directions.html). UMass Labor Center
Professor Juravich reads from and signs his new book, At the Altar of
<http://www.umass.edu/umpress/fall_09/juravich_altar.htm>  the Bottom Line:
The Degradation of Work in the 21st Century. Based on extensive interviews
with workers in four different industries, this book (and included CD of
songs and interviews) takes us behind the statistics of the economic
collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends
meet and support their families. Their plight is tied to corporate
decision-making processes that make no sense for society and are often
counterproductive in their impact on worker productivity and efficiency.
Juravich argues that we must bring a discussion about the quality of jobs
back into the public discourse and that a "good jobs" strategy is a
fundamental building block to economic recovery. 

 

AND DON'T FORGET

 

Tuesday February 16

JOIN SEIU LOCAL 615 MEMBERS AS THEY DEMAND RECOGNITION OF THEIR UNION

J4J Logo.jpg2pm, gather on Court Square, at Main & Court Streets, and walk
together across the street to the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main Street,
<http://www.massmutualcenter.com/400/Directions.asp>  Springfield. Service
Employees International Union Local 615 - the Justice for Janitors campaign
- has organized a majority of the employees of Global Spectrum (GS) at the
MassMutual Center in Springfield, which is owned by the Massachusetts
Convention Center Authority (MCCA).  GS employs about 100 cleaners, security
guards, food service workers, and set-up crew workers.  MCCA owns convention
centers across the state and contracts with Global Spectrum and other
convention center management firms.  GS at the MassMutual Center is the only
non-union operation in the MCCA system.  

Feb. 16 the workers will present a demand for recognition to GS, and Feb. 17
to MCCA in Boston.  GS can recognize the union or try to force it to go
through an
<http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/component/option,com_issues/Itemid,92/v
iew,issue/id,9/>  NLRB election, a delaying tactic.  MCCA can require
neutrality toward unions as a condition of the management contract.  A new
round of bidding to manage the MassMutual Center starts soon.

Feb. 16 we do not have an appointment and will ask to meet with management,
and may be denied, in which case we will leave the building.  News media is
invited.  Parking information is at www.parkspa.com/facilities.shtml; the
Civic Center Garage next to the Center is between Harrison Avenue, Court,
Dwight, and Main Streets.  

Info: Jesse Martin, (413) 733-0590, jmartin at seiu615.org.

RSVP: Click here: I
<mailto:wmjwj at wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%202/16&body=Name:%0aAddres
s:%0aCity%20or%20Town:%0aHome%20and/or%20cell%20phone:%0a> 'll Be There!

 

Saturday February 20

UFCW - STOP & SHOP CONTRACT EXPIRES TONIGHT

Info at www.ufcw1459.com. On Feb. 21, workers will be either ratifying a new
contract or taking a strike authorization vote! 

Shopping there this week? Click
<mailto:wmjwj at wmjwj.org?subject=Send%20me%20the%20coupons!> here to get
coupons by email to tell your local Stop & Shop store manager that your
groceries will be "100%" off if the workers are forced to strike. (Coupons
are in PDF format. In Western Mass, print out and use only page 3, UFCW
Local 1459 version. Shop first, then give to manager, so he/she sees you're
a real customer. Thanks!)

 

Saturday March 6

            WMJwJ EDUCATIONAL,
<http://wmjwj.org/western-mass-jobs-justice-conference>  ORGANIZING, &
MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCE WITH DINNER & DANCE

            Noon, doors open; Conference starts at 1pm; dinner at 6pm; dance
at 8pm; Holyoke <http://www.hcc.edu/about/get_arnd_drv.html>  Community
College Kittredge Center, 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke (easy off I-91).
Visit website or links below or click here: I
<mailto:wmjwj at wmjwj.org?subject=I'll%20Be%20There%203/6&body=Name:%0aAddress
:%0aCity%20or%20Town:%0aPhone:%20%20%20%20(Home?%20Cell?%20Work?)%0aNumber%2
0coming%20to%20the%20conference:%0aNumber%20coming%20to%20dinner:%0aNumber%2
0coming%20to%20the%20dance:%0aAmount%20of%20donation:%0a> 'll Be There! 

Register <http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/Conf%20Regis%20Form.pdf>
Now ~ Take <http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/Ad%20Book%20Form.pdf>  an
Ad ~ Join
<http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/WMJwJ%20Membership%20Form.pdf>  the
Coalition ~ Make
<http://wmjwj.org/sites/wmjwj.org/files/WMJwJ%20Membership%20Form.pdf>  a
Donation ~ Deadline February 19.

 

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