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11/16 Barista Fight-Back: The Struggle to Unionize Starbucks (Tues) |
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by Boston IWW, bostonswu (nospam) yahoo.com |
Join us as Starbucks organizer/barista,
Anja Witek, discusses the truth about
life behind the counter at Starbucks!
7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 16
Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th floor, Boston (Chinatown)
Near Chinatown stop-Orange Line and Boylston stop-Green Line |
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03 Nov 2010
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Filed under: Announcement / Labor |
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Photos/Video--Boston Labor Day Rally/March |
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by Michael Borkson, nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Boston, Mass.-Sept. 6, 2010:
About 500 labor activists/union members celebrated and marched on Labor Day in Boston. |
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07 Sep 2010
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Jimmy Johns Labor Dispute Bursts onto National Stage with Coast-to-Coast Actions Planned for Labor Day |
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by JJ, |
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Minimum wage workers fight for justice |
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04 Sep 2010
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Filipino teachers in US file class suit vs oppressive recruiters |
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by Labor Party - Philippines (PM), |
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Filipino migrant teachers in Louisiana today (August 5, US Central Time) filed a class lawsuit against Universal Placement International (UPI) and its Philippine based partner, PARS International for various offenses ranging from racketeering, human trafficking, extortion and mail and wire fraud. |
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08 Aug 2010
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Filed under: News / International : Labor : Organizing : Race : Social Welfare |
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Two Flash Mobs for Labor Rights |
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by BAAM, |
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This past month in Boston, two flash-mob actions took place in support of two very prevalent labor struggles. First, on June 11th the Boston Sass Attack and The Radical Marching Band took over Hyatt Hotel’s downtown location to do their dance version of “Boycott Hyatt. (to the tune of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.”) |
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05 Jul 2010
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Venezuela: The jail bars will not silence people protest |
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by El Libertario, Venezuela, ellibertario (nospam) nodo50.org |
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* National and international campaign of epistolary solidarity with trade unionist Rubén González * |
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14 Jun 2010
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Labor : Politics |
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State Street Bank pressured to take a stand in Shaw's strike |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
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Striking Shaw's workers descended on State Street Bank to pressure executives to take a stand against Shaw's parent company's refusal to end the nearly 14 week strike. |
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11 Jun 2010
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Anarchists at thursday's No Layoffs rally at Harvard |
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by Jake, trenchesfullofpoets (nospam) riseup.net |
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The Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement is calling on our friends and comrades to join us at the rally for Harvard Workers, March 25, 5pm at the Holyoke Center, a Harvard Administration Building (1350 Mass. Ave, next to Au Bon Pain, steps from the Harvard T). |
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23 Mar 2010
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Filed under: Announcement / Labor |
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