[875] in peace2
solidarity summer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Boston Jobs WIth Justice)
Mon Jul 16 17:31:20 2001
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:29:46 -0400
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upcoming events!
solidarity summer workshop: ACTION PLANNING!
This Thursday, July 19, 7pm, Jobs with Justice office, 3353 Washington St,
Green St T stop on the orange line. Russ Davis, Massachusetts Jobs with
Justice director, will give a short workshop on creative and strategic
action planning. We have received requests for youth support and
solidarity actions from the striking Brockton Nurses and the unrecognized
MSPCC union. We will apply the workshop's lessons to designing solidarity
actions to support these workers! We will talk about what fight we want to
take on this summer as a group, and how to start it off with strategic
actions. For more info contact Jane at JwJ, bostonjwj@mindspring.com (617)
524-8778.
Solidarity Summer Workshop: Immigrant Organizing!
Wednesday, July 25, 7pm, location TBA. Lydia Lowe of the Chinese
Progressive Association will come talk to youth activists about immigrant
organizing. She will discuss untraditional organizing methods used to
overcome the challenges of organizing in immigrant communities with
specific reference to here experience at the CPA in Boston. For more info
contact Jane at JwJ, bostonjwj@mindspring.com (617) 524-8778.
Action report:
On Tuesday a number of solidarity summer activists went to a rally in
support of MSPCC workers. The rally was one of the firs tin this campaign
to get the worker's legal rights recognized! union really appreciated our
support and is eager to work with us in future actions.
On Friday about 15 people attended Solidarity Summer's second action in
support of striking janitors working at buildings owned by Boston
Properties in Baltimore. We leaflet-ed customers in the mall raising
awareness about the situation in Baltimore. Then we pulled out signs and a
bullhorn to ensure that Boston Properties knew we were there! We paraded
through the Mall chanting and giving short speeches about the Baltimore
situation for about 20 minutes! The security guards didn't bother us, but
instead sent a top executive from Boston Properties to escort us off the
property. We continued our picket outside- secure in the knowledge that
the company knew we were there!
Later some of us went over the East Boston where we supported protesters at
a local Shaws super market. There workers and community members had
organized a picket in response to illegal discrimination practices of the
super market. The super market has been detaining innocent Hispanic
customers in back rooms and requiring them to privately pay the super
market $200-500 fees in return for dropping shoplifting charges. The
protestors were excited to see students there in part because they have
been harassed by both management and police. The students also helped
deliver a list of demands and evidence to management.
