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The Molson Brewery in Edmonton Alberta was unexpectedly slated for closure. The wrkers launched a beer boycott in the middle of the summer heat.
The KMWU has now put forth one of the most sophisticated strategies to win at the bargaining table. They have developed such solidarity between their members that it is inevitable that they win succeed in their demand to have all the auto sector employers to simultaneously negotiate a comprehensive contract for all workers in the sector. This model has a good chance to become a template for workers in other countries as well as workers in other sectors.
The SEC and CLR hosted a conference in an effort to help emplower the newest wave of representatives and activists who have not yet had to fight on the front lines in this current phase of class war. This banner was presented to raise awareness to the conference and the widespread need for this type of training.
The Socialist Project's Labour Committee issued a report entitled 'The Crisis in Manufacturing Jobs: Struggling for Answers' in which they elaborate on the well known sector collapse.
The Canadian Labour Congress as well as regional Labour Councils, Federations across Canada
joined in raising awareness to the loss of manufacturing jobs across the country. They held
town hall meeting, rallies, marches, parades, teach-ins and spread their message far and wide.
collapse.
The British Columbia Teachers Federation leadership locked out their office staff. The office staff, whose work it is to serve the members of the BCTF, are members of another union, CEP 464. The mean spirited campaign by the BCTF leadership was also countered by the teachers themselves, who supported CEP 464 members.
'Child Labour In Agriculture' is the focus of this years' campaign against child labour.
Last year in 2006, over one million people in the US took to the streets to protest. Because the tradional left wing couldn't control the walk-outs they largely thumbed their noses at the whole affair. Likewise, the media simply ignored the event. Around the world where Smart Mobs are more common and well developed, people watched astonished that in a meer 6 weeks, that a word-of-mouth, email, and text message communicated message could shut down large portions of major US cities. On May Day 2007, many thousands more employers are expected to join in and pay their employees for the day so that they can step into the streets once again and raise awareness to their demands for immigration law reform.
Supporters across France rallied in support of the left-of-centre candiadate Segolene Royal.
Around the world, public services built up by past generations are under attack. The most rewarded public service system benefactors of all time, these highly educated decendants of those that built up the social service systems are unable to develop any equivalent systems of comparable value. In this sense, their forebearers failed. These offspring failed to develop an ability to work together for the common good. Instead they pick apart and dismantle the systems they inherited, for otherwise they themselves would be unemployable and collecting welfare. In their efforts to face their shame, and to avoid such a fate, these now soon-to-retire children justify their existence with slogans like 'Creative Destruction' or 'Globalism'.
In defiance of this seed corn eating fest, organized labour now seeks to legislate the more idle minded rationalizations out of existence.
Political parties like the Ontario New Democratic Party have got a better shot at making great gains at the polls. This banner was prenented to encourage all Canadian NDP supporters to donate to this provincial party.
The GM Opel Vauxhall Saab crisis grew as GME management threatened to close their Combo vehicle operation in Azambuja, Portugal and move production to Zaragoza, Spain. GME management added to the turmoil with statements of their intentions to expand its capacities to Central and Eastern Europe.
The Amicus and the T&G unions' boycott campaign against Peugeot encourages people not to buy Peugeot and Citroen cars because the company proceedes with the closure of its Ryton plant in Coventry. The company refused to meet the unions to consider a plan to save 2,300 jobs which are to move to France and low-wage Slovakia.
Amicus and the T&G are calling on people and companies looking to buy cars to penalise Peugeot for putting still-greater profits before their loyal British workforce. The unions are appealing to the UK public to support UK workers by choosing not to buy Peugeot or Citroen cars. They are also appealing to the UK's seven million trade union members to boycott Peugeot and Citroen.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union - Labour Adjustment Committee provides assistance to ALL displaced forest-sector workers, hourly and salaried, laid off from saw mills and pulp & paper mills.
This banner was presented to signal that there would be no support for M. Pen in 2006 either.
'The End of Child Labour: Within Reach' is the focus of this years' campaign against child labour.
Several banners were presented to support the New Democratic Party online donation campaign.
When Delphi / GM requested the bankruptcy court to through out the employment contracts of 33,000 unionized workers, and requested permission to close 21 factories in the United States, the entire auto-parts workforce was stunned into silence. Earlier risk-averse hourly employees had pointed fingers at the radicals, blaming their activist ways for the threat to their way of life. The radicals pointed back to those true believers claiming that concessions and 'jointness' were the means to everyone's work extinction. Both sides were proved wrong when Delphi / GM made it known that none of the countless offers from senators, congress members, mayors, county councillors business persons, unions, or anybody else had been considered. Delphi / GM had taken their wealth out of the US jurisdiction and was closing operations there. Clearly there had been no position that could have saved some of the jobs. No position except all out war against the auto makers and their allies.
Several banners were presented to support the rising awareness that the SOS movement mustered. Slowly the workers began to understand that their common enemy was the corporation and not one another. New messages of solidarity were declared to bolster resolve of the growing rebellion.
The U.S. Federal Government decided that wild mustang horses were too costly to care for so they sold them at auction for butchering. Several horses escaped through to Canada. The balance were to be carved up for meat. The U.S. cavalry was nowhere to be found and did not come to the rescue.
Bill Ford stepped in and claimed over 1000 mustang horses. The balance of the U.S. government discard are to be cared for through a fund called the Save The Mustangs Fund. Ford Motor Company partnered with Take Pride In America to make this global online outreach. Undoubtedly, many more programs will be abandoned by the U.S. Federal government as they re-direct taxpayer dollars to their war machine.
