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Support IWW Worker Chris Lockwood Fired for Organising!
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On the 21st August Chris Lockwood, union organiser and member of the Industrial Workers of the World was fired from his bar job at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield (UK). This has been part of a long campaign by management of picking off and isolating workers who have voiced objections to recent changes that have worsened the conditions of all who work there. The Showroom cinema is a registered charity and claims to be an "investor in people", yet has consistently attacked workers pay and conditions with the sole aim of greater profits.
We believe that every worker (no matter what the industry) is entitled to respect and should be organised to defend themselves in the work place. Chris’ firing represents a direct and illegal attack against union organising. Management have refused our request to review his dismissal, so on the 12th of September members of the Industrial Workers of the World will be picketing the Showroom cinema to demand the immediate reinstatement of Chris Lockwood.
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IWW Solidarity with Polish Postal Workers
A small demonstration called by London IWW took place last week in support of another radical union, 'Workers' Initiative' (Inicjatiwa Pracownicza) in Poland. It was called to support WI members being discriminated against in the Polish postal service, and particularly the sacking of a member - Bartosz Kantorczyk - for his lead role in a wave of strikes last year. The IWW is demanding his reinstatement and back-pay from the date of his termination.
IWW Gets Organised in Notts!
IWW Central England Region is pleased to announce the recent formation of the Nottinghamshire General Membership Branch of the IWW! So if you're in the area and want to get involved in building the One Big Union in Notts, drop a line to notts@iww.org.uk
Good riddance to private schools 'leader' Chris Parry
Chris Parry, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) has announced his resignation amid controversy. Parry was ousted from the ISC, the body that advances the interests of private profit-making schools, after "war-like" comments he made about the divide between the private and state sector in education.
German and Austrian IWWs organise at Boesner art supplies
On June 7, Wobblies and supporters held loud and visible protest rallies at the stores of the art supplies chain Boesner in Colone, Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna and Graz. With these actions, they protested against the management of the Boesner shop in Colone, who prevented an organizing drive of the Colone IWW by harassing workers who had tried to form a works council (Betriebsrat) there.
IWW Folksinger, Utah Phillips, dies at 73
The offical Obituary as provided by the family, May 24, 2008.
Nevada City, California - Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor.
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ISSUE 1 (February 2008) OUT NOW
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