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L'IWW est une organisation syndicale pour tous les travailleurs, un syndicat dédié à l'organisation des travailleurs sur leur lieu de travail, dans leurs industries et leurs communautés. Les membres des IWW organisent les travailleurs pour obtenir de meilleures conditions aujourd.hui et construisent pour demain un monde économique démocratique. Nous voulons que nos entreprises fonctionnent au profit des ouvriers et des communautés plutôt que pour une poignée de patrons et leur exécutif.

Nous sommes les Travailleurs Industriels du Monde parce que nous nous organisons industriellement. Ceci signifie que nous organisons tous les travailleurs produisant les mêmes biens ou fournissant les mêmes services dans un syndicat, plutôt que de les diviser par secteurs d.activité, ainsi nous pouvons mettre en commun notre force et faire triompher nos revendications ensemble. Depuis que l'IWW a été fondé en 1905, nous avons apporté des contributions significatives aux combats des travailleurs à travers le monde et nous sommes fiers de notre tradition visant à nous organiser indépendamment de critères sexuels, ethniques et raciaux bien avant que de telles méthodes soient courantes.

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The cases of retired Marine Engineer Paul Norman and EMS Helicopter Pilot Mike Cheek, who were banned from official union online forums, reflect the growing importance of the internet as a new space for member participation and the contrary efforts of union leaders to limit discussion to what they consider acceptable...

The CWA supports freedom from fear in representation elections. But what's going on in its internal union elections?

Andy Stern has selected James R. Zazzali, a former New Jersey State judge, to preside over a new committee charged with the task of developing a code of ethics cogent enough to discourage SEIU representatives from misappropriating union money. Judge Zazzali is already occupied with his job as a staff member of the International Union of Operating Engineers...

Is it permissible for a local union to set aside money, safe from seizure by the international, so that it can be guaranteed funds to mount a legal defense against trusteeship? That question has arisen before, not in the SEIU but in the Teamsters union...

We in California have, of course, a great deal at stake in the outcome of these disputes. The trusteeship fears of UHW seem to be very well-founded. While a clean-up of 6434 may require outside intervention, we believe that a simultaneous, unjustified take- over of 150,000 member UHW would be a disaster for the California labor movement (and SEIU nationally). Read the letter on Benson's Union Democracy Blog.

AUD board member and leading union democracy legal scholar Michael Goldberg has written about the experiences and perspectives that led him to dedicate himself to union democracy. Many important causes cry out for the moral, material, and legal support of public intellectuals, but few of those causes find their natural constituencies as isolated and vulnerable as union reformers often are... Read excerpts from this article on the AUD website.

AUD supporter and longtime union activist and scholar Jeff Perry has written the biography of the foremost Black organizer, agitator, and theoretician of the Socialist Party of New York, founder of the New Negro movement, editor of Negro World, and the principal radical influence on the Garvey movement. AUD advisor Bill Fletcher praises Perry's thorough research and compelling analysis and says the book reads with a draw like that of a study of a long lost city, rediscovered and offering answers to an incomplete history. (11/13/08)

When the bCalifornia State Employees Charitable Campaign/b begins, you will be asked to authorize payroll deductions to the non-profit organizations of your choice. The Association for Union Democracy is on the eligibility list, and we ask for your support. Look for us in the Non Affiliate Organizations section in the brochure of eligible organizations. brbrNew York State Employees: As part of the bState Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA)/b, state employees are being asked to authorize payroll deductions as donations to non-profit organizations of their choice. The Association for Union Democracy is on the eligibility list and we ask for your support. You can find us and our SEFA code in the SEFA campaign's directory of authorized organizations, under Association for Union Democracy. We are listed within our umbrella federation, Human and Civil Rights Organizations of America. AUD's SEFA code number will vary by region of the state.

div Contacts: /div div Aaron Kocher, SWU organizer, Franklin and Nicollet Starbucks: 612-220-6454 /div div Brendan O'Donnell, IWW member at large: 612-306-7517 /div div Erik Forman, SWU organizer, Mall of America Starbucks: 608-695-8705 /div br / div Press Conferece: 11am November 13, corner of Franklin and Nicollet /div br / div Minneapolis, MN- Baristas from the Starbucks Coffee located at the intersection of Nicollet and Franklin Avenues in Minneapolis walked off the floor Wednesday morning to present a petition to management, signed by more than 500 concerned customers and community members, demanding Starbucks hire a security guard to ensure the safety of its patrons and partners.  The workers in turn declared their affiliation with the Starbucks Workers Union, a campaign of the Industrial Workers of the World labor union, becoming the first Starbucks in Minneapolis, and the second in Minnesota, to go union. /div br / div A press conference will be held Thursday, November 13, at 11 am, in front of the Franklin and Nicollet Starbucks to celebrate the solidarity of the workers and demand that Starbucks hire a security guard. /div br / div Initially, the store partners circulated an internal petition, compiling signatures from most of the store's employees, requesting a meeting to discuss the security situation.  After receiving no productive response from either the store or district manager, the employees turned to the /div div customers to prove their point. /div br / div quot;We hoped management would recognize the need to discuss these concerns with us, but when they refused to even hold a meeting, we knew more action was needed,quot; said Aaron Kocher, a current store employee.  quot;We can't work when we are constantly being harassed, threatened, and intimidated, or trying to protect our customers from the same mistreatment,quot; he said. /div br /pa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4459read more/a/p

div img src=/graphics/animated/banner.gif alt= align=right / Fellow Workers: /div br / div It is with great enthusiasm that I would like to announce the launch of the new IWW Literature Department Website at a href=http://store.iww.org/http://store.iww.org/a! /div br / div This project has been under development for some time, but now our online store has been streamlined and is chock full of sweet IWW goodies including many fine books about the IWW, featuring literature written by members, as well as many tittles about the Labor Movement in general. /div br / div We now have over 200 items listed, with more items still going up. This is the perfect place to get a copy of the brand new Wobblies amp; Zapatistas, Labor Law for the Rank and Filer, or that IWW t-shirt that you have always wanted! /div br / div But, even better, for the rest of the month of November, we will celebrate the launch of the new website by offering a coupon for 10% off any order over $20.00!  Use coupon code Remember when checking out, because in November we Remember all of the other workers who fought so hard for us in the past... /div br / div Please forward this on to family and friends, and anyone who loves the IWW! /div br / So, go on over to a href=http://store.iww.org/HTTP://STORE.IWW.ORG/a today and get 10% off your entire order of $20.00 or more with coupon code Rememberbr / div /div div Walt Weber /div div Philadelphia IWW Branch Secretary /div div Chair IAC /div walt.weber.iww [at] gmail.com pa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4458read more/a/p

div Contact: starbucksunion (at) yahoo.com /div br / div October 27, 2008 /div br / div Starbucks Management Conference in New Orleans Hit with Unexpected Union Protest /div br / div Supporters of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union Took the Streets in an Energetic Display of Solidarity /div br / div New Orleans, LA- Starbucks Coffee Co.'s first national conference for managers held outside of Seattle and the first since the return of Howard Schultz as CEO, was rocked by a determined pro-worker demonstration here yesterday.  In the midst of a worsening economic crisis, New Orleans residents rose up to demand respect for the work of Starbucks baristas and coffee farmers who are bearing the brunt of the downturn while company executives continue to rake in millions of dollars. /div pa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4457read more/a/p

This year's Combined Federal Campaign is about to begin. We hope that Federal Employees will choose the Association for Union Democracy (AUD) as one of the organizations to receive your donations under the payroll deduction plan. Please note our CFC Code Number: 11741. If you have chosen AUD before, accept our thanks for your continued support. We need you. We would be grateful if you would spread the word to your colleagues at work...

My oath on accepting appointive office To A... great and A...glorious Accept my pledge most meritorious I will obey your every word and note If not, you can cut my throat (with thanks to an unknown libertarian poet)

"The SEIU retained Ray Marshall, former secretary of labor, to preside over the hearings on President Stern's proposal to place the UHW-W under trusteeship. Marshall is assigned to the job so that the proceedings will presumably be impartial. But who really calls the shots? We ask this question because the OLMS office of the U.S. Labor Department wrote a request to Marshall (note: to Marshall not to the SEIU) in which it wrote: 'As you are aware, we requested that an OLMS investigator be present to observe the hearings. It is our understanding that after consultation with the SEIU International Union, you will not honor our request.'..."

div Contact: press (at) brandworkers.org /div br / div October 13, 2008 /div br / div Rev. Billy and Pastor Mansfield Visit New York City Wine amp; Food Festival to Protest Chef Terrance Brennan /div br / div New Voices Add Support to the Campaign for Worker Dignity at Wild Edibles, Inc. /div br / div New York, NY- Reverend Billy, a nationally-respected advocate for responsible consumption and Pastor Jeff Mansfield, a leading voice for food justice at Judson Memorial Church, joined with Wild Edibles workers and their supporters this weekend to protest chef and restaurant owner Terrance Brennan at the New York City Wine amp; Food Festival.  Brennan's Artisanal Bistro lied in writing by stating that it was no longer serving seafood processed by the Wild Edibles sweatshop when it in fact did continue to serve Wild Edibles products. /div br / div quot;Mr. Brennan, honor your word,quot; exclaimed Rev. Billy into a megaphone during a sidewalk sermon in front of the food festival panel featuring Terrance Brennan.  quot;[The Wild Edibles workers] don't want to work in a sweatshop.  Even celebrity chefs have to do the right thing.quot; /div br / pa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4454read more/a/p

p a href=http://www.counterpunch.org/gross10082008.html target=_blankstrongBy DANIEL GROSS - emCounterpunch/em, October 8, 2008/strong/a /p p A peaceful union march is brutally attacked by police. A union activist’s leg is horribly disfigured and nearly amputated. Maimed possibly for life, she is charged with multiple felony offenses. /p p span style=font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serifThe battleground is not the coalfields of Harlan County in the 1930s or 1970s; it's not an example of anti-union violence in Colombia or the Philippines. Our setting is present day Providence, Rhode Island./span /p p span style=font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serifOn that brilliant Saturday, August 11 of 2007, Alexandra Svoboda didn’t do what she was supposed to do. She didn’t stay home and watch TV. She didn’t go shop at her local Wal-Mart. She didn’t waste away hours on MySpace./span /ppa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4453read more/a/p

Headlines:

• Ward's Market fires IWW members
• Toronto radio station fires staff while bargaining
• Quebec workers get union contract at Wal-Mart
• Sweatfree Communities press state governors

Features:

• General Assembly in Europe an IWW first
• Remembering Helen Keller as a fighter
• Youth must organize at school and work to win power
• UK inquiry reveals chronic neglect led to death

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p uDisclaimer/u - emThe opinions of the author do not necessarily match those of the IWW. This article is reposted in accordance to Fair Use guidelines. /em /p div By LAUREN SHEPHERD - NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks Corp. is facing another complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the gourmet coffee chain engaged in unfair labor practices by firing a barista in Michigan.br / /div div The complaint, filed last month by the Detroit office of the NLRB, stems from an investigation into a charge made by employee Cole Dorsey earlier this year. /div br / div According to the NLRB complaint, Dorsey--a member of the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks--was fired June 6 from his job at a store in Grand Rapids, Mich. Before being fired, Dorsey had been given two prior disciplinary warnings by his store manager. /div br / div The complaint alleges that Dorsey received the warnings and was fired because of his quot;sympathies for and activities on behalf ofquot; the IWW Starbucks Workers Union. The union has been attempting to organize workers at the chain. /div br /pa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4452read more/a/p

div New York, NY- The Starbucks Coffee Co. is in the process of an extreme revamping of its workforce policies according to company documents obtained by the Starbucks Workers Union of the Industrial Workers of the World.  The initiative, dubbed quot;Optimal Schedulingquot;, will require employees to make themselves available to work essentially around the clock to obtain so-called full-time status.  Even for workers able to make the extraordinary sacrifice to obtain quot;full-timequot; status, no work hours are guaranteed- identical to Starbucks' current system of part-time status for all retail hourly workers.  In addition, Starbucks will lay off workers who cannot meet minimum availability requirements.  As baristas learn of the new program, discontent is rising. /div br / div quot;I've had to make myself available each week from Tuesday to Sunday starting at 4:45am until 11pm in the hopes of possibly getting 32 hours of work but not being guaranteed a single hour,quot; said Liberte Locke, a Starbucks barista in New York and member of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union.  quot;It's impossible for me to get a second job now even though I need one and impossible to have a life outside of work.quot; /div br / div Under the new system, baristas who opt for pseudo full-time status have to make themselves available to work 70% of the total hours their store is open during the week.  In an example given in the company documents, a store open 115 hours per week requires a barista to be available to work 80.5 hours each week - over double the standard work week.  Week-to-week Starbucks can then schedule workers anywhere within that availability.  In addition, workers who cannot make themselves available for at least three shifts a week will be fired, absent a quot;compelling reasonquot; which Starbucks has not defined.  Weekend workers must be available for at least 16 hours to avoid termination. /div br / pa href=http://www.iww.org/en/node/4451read more/a/p