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Boston telecom workers support Wall Street and Boston occupations |
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by Rand Wilson, rand.wilson (nospam) gmail.com |
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IBEW Local 2222 members voted at their monthly meeting on Oct. 5 to support the occupations opposed to corporate greed in New York and Boston's financial districts. |
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08 Oct 2011
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Open Statement: Whole Foods Must Sign a Community Benefits Agreement with Jamaica Plain |
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by Whose Foods Coalition, |
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The Whose Foods? Coalition is deeply disappointed in Whole Foods’ dismissal of the Good Neighbor Agreement put forward by the JP Neighborhood Council last Wednesday. We were hopeful that a Good Neighbor Agreement would enable Whole Foods to benefit all of JP, the residents who want to shop there and the residents who cannot, those who would benefit from having their property values rise and those who would be pushed out by rent increases. |
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13 Sep 2011
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Filed under: News / Gentrification : Labor |
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Labor Day March in Cambridge |
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by Fellow Worker, |
 On Monday September 5th, 2011, local union members and their supporters celebrated the power of united workers on Labor Day with a march down Cambridge's busiest street. At 10am, demonstrators gathered outside Cambridge City Hall and by 11am were marching north on Massachusetts Ave 1,000 strong. |
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05 Sep 2011
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Photo/Video Essay-Verizon Union Rally 8/4 |
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by Michael Borkson for Boston IMC, nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Thousands of Union members held a rally thursday 8/4 at Verizon Boston offices. Verizon wotkers are now on strike as of 8/7. |
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08 Aug 2011
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Flash Mob Targets Hyatt Hotel |
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by Boston IMC, |
 July 10, 2011 - Today at 5:00 PM, activists hit the Cambridge Hyatt with a flash mob protest to draw attention to the unfair labor practices of the hotel chain. Led by Boston Sass Attack, Boston's radical cheerleading squad, protesters performed a song and dance routine titled "Boycott Hyatt" to the tune of Beyonce's Single Ladies. |
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10 Jul 2011
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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History and Resistance on Blair Mountain |
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by Nell Gagnon, |
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Blair Mountain, a crucial site of labor history, is being threatened by the disastrous process of Mountain Top Removal. People from around the country are marching in early June to raise awareness and save the mountain. |
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31 May 2011
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Labor : Organizing |
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Flashmobs Support Florida Tomato Pickers Union |
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by Boston IMC, |
 On Sunday May 22, the radical cheerleading squad Boston Sass Attack led a flashmob tour of local grocery stores to draw attention to the struggle of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW).Hitting two Stop and Shops and a Trader Joe's, the group conducted a choreographed dance routine set to a rewritten version of Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74sll6kmsl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEvi2eR782M |
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23 May 2011
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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