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Last Update: Sun Jun 8 22:10:09 2008

+ Starbucks Fires Outspoken Barista Over Union Activity + Grand Rapids firing comes in the midst of Unfair Labor Practice charges being investigated by the NLRB against Starbucks. Grand [...] for the right to join a union is appalling and absolutely will not stop our efforts to have a voice at work." read more

+ E-Z Supply Ordered to Pay IWWs $1 Million: An IU 460 Legal Update + From Industrial Worker , June 2008 Since the IWW Industrial Union 460 began organizing in foodstuffs warehouses 3 years [...] came down, companies have not yet begun making payments. Handyfat Trading (now called HDF Trading) read more

+ Industrial Worker - Issue #1706, June 2008 + Headlines: Transport workers take action Zimbabwe arrests unionists, opposition E-Z Supply ordered to [...] union Staughton Lynd: Another world is possible Download a free PDF copy of this issue. read more

+ ISC Monthly Updates Bulletin - June 2008 + Greetings from the International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and welcome to the [...] this digest: 1. ISC News and Activities 2. IWW News 3. Solidarity Statements and Appeals read more

+ 20 Fired from Flaum in NYC + Flaum Appetizing, a kosher food distributor, terminated 20 IWW members last week. The IWW had a strong presence at Flaum, with [...] Supporters can write letters to management at: Flaum Appetizing 288 Sholes Street Brooklyn, NY 11206 read more

+ Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73 + The offical Obituary as provided by the family, May 24, 2008 .   Nevada City, California - Utah Phillips, a seminal [...] interest and growth in membership in the last decade, not in small part due to his efforts to popularize it. read more

+ Some Thoughts on Utah Phillips + By David Rovics - May 25th, 2008 I wouldn't want to elevate anybody to inappropriately high heights, but for [...] of the massive turn-of-the-century movement of the industrial working class there will be virtually none of that. read more

+ Stockton Truckers Call Out the Industry with 400 on Strike + By: J. Pierce with Adam Welch Independent truckers in California's San Joaquin Valley shut down their rigs on [...] of people who are doing that well." Brave strikers don't need to look far for others willing to fight. read more

+ Grand Rapids GMB announces a Spring Offensive against Starbucks (SOS) + In March 2008 the Grand Rapids GMB of the IWW and the Grand Rapids Starbucks Workers Union announced the beginning of a [...] solidarity with others struggling on the job, and announced a renewed commitment to fight Starbucks repression. read more

+ Stockton Truckers strike once again. + Once again a step ahead of intermodal truckers across the US, Stockton truckers, led by the majority Sikh drivers, launched a [...] a strike of west cost port truckers on April 30, and by June had spread to most southern and eastern ports as well. read more