March 30, 2014
Categories: Anarchist, Antifa . Tags: Anti fascist, Black bloc, Cunt, fascist, No Borders, Solidarity, workers . Author: wessexsolidarity . Comments: Leave a comment
If you’re a teacher and you’re striking tomorrow, good luck and solidarity!
If you’re a teacher, not in a union or in a different one and you’re thinking of crossing a picket line:
If you’re in the N.U.T. and you’re thinking of crossing a picket line:
If your children have a scab teacher, keep them home:
If you’re at school and you’re old enough to think for yourself (hint), join the picket line, show some support, one day others will do the same for you.
Our fellow workers at Gainesville’s local food cooperative, Citizens Co-op, announced The Citizen Co-op Workers Unions in early March.
A couple of days letter they brought their demand for union recognition to the board during a meeting, and a few days ago they met with the General Manager.
By unionizing, the workers want to ensure that the patrons of the store are promoting a business that respects its worker-owners and operates in a fair, democratic, and truly cooperative manner.
7 of 10 Citizens Co-op Workers petitioned to have a union. In response Citizens Co-op fired 5 of them and 2 of them are now on strike because of Unfair Labour Practices.
However, it seems Citizens Co-op might be hiring scabs. They have advertised the position of a current Worker Rep on the Board and Workers Union member:
http://gainesville.craigslist.org/fbh/4385258888.html
We are asking that every IWW member and supporter immediately apply for these positions regardless of your location or qualifications.
Thank you for you help and Solidarity!
To keep in touch with Citizens Co-op you can follow them online:
Facebook: Tumblr: Twitter: @coopworkerunion
Here look we’ve done it for you – Sample e mail:
To: mvdkn-4385258888@job.craigslist.org
Subject: Grocery Purchaser (Gainesville, FL)
To whom it may concern:
I wish to apply for your crappy fucking job, I’ve been purchasing groceries for years.
I am a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.
OBU
Cindy Callist.
You can support the strikers financially here:
The answer is George Osborne, his parents, and everyone he knows. The same could be said about David Cameron, Nick Clegg, David Miliband and even Nigel Farage. And that is the reason why high earners with whopping savings are now presented as the norm in the UK – and the only people that matter to all of the main political parties.
The reality is that the average weekly wage is just over £500 a week, which doesn’t leave much room for an ISA if that’s all a family has to live on. Around 5 million people are paid below the living wage, and another five million or so live from hand to mouth on meagre benefits. Nearly six and a half million households…
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The Small Axe Short Film Competition is a brand new initiative for radical filmmakers being launched at the inaugural Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival in July 2014. Young people, students and activist filmmakers from all over the world are invited to submit short films that are rebellious, angry, radical, revolutionary, socialist, anarchist, militant, progressive or subversive! Films can be any length between 1 and 30 minutes, they can be on any theme and can be documentary or fiction, arty or agitprop, funny or serious – as long as they contribute to the fight for progressive social change. The Small Axe screening and awards event will take place on the morning of Sunday 20th July in the Vintage Mobile Cinema on the festival site of the Tolpuddle Festival in Tolpuddle, Dorset. Short-listed films will be screened between 10.00-12.30 with the winners being announced between 12.30 and 13.00. |
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The Verne ex-prison on Portland is due to open its doors to detainees on Monday 24/03/14.
The opening of the Verne as a Detention Centre has been postponed, but the MOJ has declared it will house detainees there from Monday whilst it is still a prison, according to the Echo.
Dorset Socialists have collaborated with Detention Action and others to help set up Dorset Against Deportation.
1/. There will be an Anti-Deportation vigil to mark the opening on the roundabout at Victoria Square on Portland from 17:00 to 18:00 on 24/03/14, followed by
2/. the inaugural meeting of DAD in Osprey Quay nearby from 18:30 to 20:00. This will be addressed by Bill Mackeith from the Campsfield campaign and Oxford TUC. Banners and placards welcome.
All welcome.
Train carries straight on from Dorchester to Weymouth. It is a no1 bus to Portland from Debenhams.
Workfare: If you exploit us we will shut you down!
Tens of organisations have already quit workfare. The government will not reveal which organisations are still using it for fear the schemes will collapse. Its contractors complain that they have lost hundreds of placements due to public pressure.
But they’re trying it again with a new scheme – “Community Work Placements” – launching on 1 April 2014 which will force claimants to work for six months without pay. Six months – 780 hours – is more than twice the maximum community service sentence. Workfare does not help people find jobs and being unemployed is not a crime.
This new workfare scheme is part of a raft of draconian measures, misleadingly called “Help to Work”, which are designed to increase sanctions (benefit stoppages) and undermine wages still further.
For the workfare schemes to happen, they need places to send people, but tens of large charities have already quit. Oxfam stated that the schemes were incompatible with its goal of reducing poverty in the UK. Liverpool CVS has condemned the scheme in the strongest possible terms.
Our action can stop companies, charities and councils from exploiting forced unpaid work and make sure this new scheme falls flat on its face. Wherever you are, however you can contribute, take action on 29 March-6 April.
Target the charities:
Target the councils:
Support each other to get our rights:
Want to target the companies involved in workfare as well?
There are currently call outs to target Peacocks, and Grosvenor Casinos. Or there’s our crowd-sourced list of workfare exploiters to whom you may also like to pay a visit.
More about the Community Work Placement scheme:
Making links:
TAKE ACTION ON 29 MARCH – 6 APRIL TO STOP WORKFARE IN ITS TRACKS AND PUSH BACK AGAINST SANCTIONS.
Whatever you’re planning – let us know and we’ll help spread the word! info[at]boycottworkfare.org