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Retail Action Project call-in action for May Day
0Join the Retail Action Project’s #JustHours May Day action! In NYC, over 1/3 of retail workers must be available for “on-call” shifts – where they must call the store to know if they are scheduled that same day – wreaking havoc in their lives and making arranging for childcare or going to school nearly impossible. That number is increasing every day, as more companies implement this low-road strategy, and prioritizing profits over workers’ lives. Show retailers that hundreds of thousands of NY retail workers are tired of waiting by the phone and deserve work! B
Between 10am and 11am and 2:30pm and 3:30pm on Wednesday, May 1, please call all three stores. DIAL *67 to block your number. Urban Outfitters 526 Avenue of the Americas, NYC *67, (646) 638-1646 (you will hear the automated system, press 3, and ask for the manager)
Abercombie and Fitch Scheduling number: *67, (212) 381-0110 720 5th Avenue, NYC DSW Shoes *67, (212) 674-2146 (you will hear the automated system, press 0, and ask for the manager) 40 E 14th Street, NYC You can use the below script as a guideline for your phone call, but please end with the LAST LINE: ·
Hi, it’s _YOUR FIRST NAME_. I’m calling to see if I’m working today. o [If they ask what position, pick one: cashier, sales floor, or stock. They will not have you on the schedule.] · How am I supposed to pay my bills when I don’t know how many hours I’m getting or how much my paycheck will be? · Retail workers deserve the right to know when we work. · On-call shifts are unfair and unjust and this abusive practice needs to stop at this store now!!!
Hang up.
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May 1 Action in Solidarity with Bangladeshi Workers
0In light of the mounting death toll — 380 — from last week’s Bangladesh garment factory collapse, 99 Pickets stands in solidarity with Bangladeshi workers, the Int’l Labor Rights Forum and United Students Against Sweatshops calling for a week of action targeting Gap Inc – one of the largest buyers in Bangladesh.
On the #99PKTS Solidarity Swam tomorrow, we will visit Banana Republic (owned by Gap Inc) and demand that Gap sign on to the binding Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement, which would give workers the right to refuse dangerous work and would require brands to put money on the table to renovate their supplier factories in Bangladesh to come into compliance with the country’s own fire and building safety code. Join us!
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#99PKTS May 1 Solidarity Swarm
0Join 99 Pickets, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, and allies as we march on employers near Union Square to demand fair pay, justice and safe working conditions for workers around the world.Gather at 2:30pm in the NE corner of Union Square; we’ll leave at 3pm. Look for Rude Mechanical!Swarm targets include:BANANA REPUBLIC, 89 E 5th Ave. Since 2005, more than 1000 workers have died in fires and building collapses while sewing clothing in Bangladesh for companies like Gap Inc (which also owns Banana Republic), including a rising death toll of 380 from a tragic garment factory collapse last week. These deaths could have been prevented, but Gap, Walmart and others are refusing to pay for reforms and to work with workers to put an end to the killing and corporate crimes. Gap Inc: Sign the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement–pay 10 cents more per garment.FRIEZE NY ART FAIR, 41 Union Square W.: Next week, Frieze is erecting the “largest temporary structure in the world” on Randall’s Island. Rather than pay New Yorkers fair wages, they’re shipping in non-union workers from Wisconsin. This, while art is sold for millions in a public park. We need an art world that values all its workers, from art handlers to artists to carpenters. This is the wrong art world.WENDY’S, 20 E 14th St.: For decades, Florida’s farmworkers faced poverty wages and daily exploitation of their basic rights in order to harvest the food on our plates. A new day has dawned. Five of the biggest fast food companies have signed the Fair Food Agreement. Now, Wendy’s must do its part and join the Fair Food Program.TRAVEL CHANNEL, 18 E 16th St: Atlas Media, the producer of Travel Channel’s Hotel Impossible, is well-known as a digital sweatshop, eroding industry standards. Wage theft and overtime violations are widespread as employees are forced to work 50-70 hrs a week without overtime pay. We are calling on Travel Channel and Atlas to stop violating the law and pay their employees what they deserve!
http://nonfictionunited.org/
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Press Advisory: Tour to Raise Consciousness on Immigrant Struggles on Int’l Workers Day
0PRESS ADVISORY
For immediate release
Press contacts: English, Sundrop Carter (610) 217-8222, sundropc@gmail.com; Spanish, Adriana Escandon, (201) 220-3144, adriana@nynice.orgOn May 1, Immigrant Worker Justice (IWJ) & 99 Pickets from Occupy Wall Street will lead a march through midtown Manhattan
WHAT: Occupy Wall Street’s Immigrant Worker Justice Group, 99 Pickets, community organizations, immigrant workers and others will hold an “Immigrant Worker Justice Tour”, raising consciousness about the daily struggles that immigrant workers and all immigrants face in New York City. The tour will consist of a march with several stops (incl. Capital Grille, Atlas Media) in midtown at workplaces in which immigrant workers and others are leading campaigns to end worker abuse. With symbolism reminiscent of the large inflatable union rats used to highlight exploitative employers, activists will carry 99 individual rat puppets created by the Occupy Wall Street Puppet Guild. The last stop will be at Schumer’s office for a speak-out on what meaningful immigration reform looks like; then we march to Union Square to join the May Day rally. We will demand respect and dignity for all, immediate and real immigration reform and an end to the mass deportation and detention of immigrants–providing billions in profits for private prison corporations. At each stop on the tour, workers will speak about their various campaigns fighting against wage theft, unsafe working conditions, illegal retaliation, and discrimination. Ultimately, we are letting it be known that part of this city runs on the abuse of immigrant workers.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 1, from 12:00pm-2:00pm
WHERE: Bryant Park. Tour will begin by the fountain on W 41st & 6th Ave.
Background
- Atlas Media, 242 W. 36th St. Thousands of people in NYC work in the nonfiction TV industry. The Writers Guild of America, East has a comprehensive campaign to raise standards in the industry. Atlas Media, the producer of Travel Channel’s Hotel Impossible, and E!’s Playing with Fire, is well-known as a bottom feeder and digital sweatshop, eroding standards in the industry. Wage theft and overtime violations are widespread at Atlas Media. Employees are forced to work 50, 60, sometimes 70 hrs a week without overtime pay. In a subcontracted and perma-lance industry Atlas is a driving force in the race to the bottom. We are calling on Atlas to stop violating overtime law and pay their employee what they deserve.- Capital Grille, 155 E. 42nd St. For over a year, workers at The Capital Grille, with the assistance of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY), have been organizing to change conditions in their workplace, alleging racial discrimination and wage theft, in addition to experiencing other exploitative conditions like lack of paid sick days and annual raises. Meanwhile, parent company, Darden Restaurants (which also owns Red Lobster and Olive Garden) pulled in over $700 million in profits just last year! Workers are calling on Darden to sit down with them and the Restaurant Opportunities Center to discuss a fair settlement to their grievances. It’s time for Darden to decide if it wants to continue using its vast wealth to perpetuate racial and economic inequality, or do the right thing.
- McDonald’s, 220 W 42nd St. There are about 50,000 workers in fast food, one of the fastest growing jobs in the City of New York. Workers earn poverty wages while wearing the uniforms of some of the world’s best known brands, like McDonald’s, Domino’s, and Wendy’s. The median hourly wage for combined food service and preparation workers (including fast food) is $8.90 an hour in NYC. A part-time worker making the NYC median fast food wage would earn only $11, 100 in a year. That’s why over 400 fast food workers in NY have gone on strike, seeking the uncontested right to form a union and wages of $15 an hour.
- Senator Schumer’s Office. 780 3rd Ave. Families for Freedom will lead the speak-out in front of Senator Schumer’s Office to shed light on the collusion between the ‘Gang of eight’, the 1% and immigrant detention centers profiteers such as the Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group. Directly-impacted speakers will share their fears about the upcoming Comprehensive Immigration Reform that will create second class workers for years to come. They’ll demand an immigration reform based on human rights now, not future economic models.
Tags: immigrants, iwj tour, justice, may 1, may day
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May Day Preparations / Signs for Download!
0In conjunction with NYC’s Immigrant Worker Justice group, we’ve been busy preparing for for May Day 2013! Particularly the Immigrant Worker Justice Tour and the 99 Pickets Solidarity Swarm.
On tap: confronting abusive and exploitative employers with worker power, along with a Rat Army of 99 rat puppets (thank you OWS Puppet Guild and Morgan Manila!), a large and angry solidarity kitten, and a bunch of great 22″ x 17″ Immigrant Worker Justice picket signs, English and Español. Thank you, designer Dan Levenson!
Feel free to download and use the following materials:
- 22″ x 17″ Immigrant Worker Justice picket signs (PDF) in English and Español, for a large-format printer. Design by Dan Levenson.
- ¡Aquí estamos y no nos vamos! / We’re Here to Stay!
- ¡Justicia, Respeto y Dignidad para todos! / Justice, Respect, and Dignity for All
- ¡Verdadera reforma migratoria ahora! / Real Immigration Reform Now!
- ¡Justicia para el Trabajador Inmigrante! / Immigrant Worker Justice!
- ¡Alto a las deportaciones y detenciones! / Stop Mass Incarcerations and Deportations
Tags: immigrant rights, immigrant worker justice, IWJ, may day, resources
- 22″ x 17″ Immigrant Worker Justice picket signs (PDF) in English and Español, for a large-format printer. Design by Dan Levenson.
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#KLAW kitten liberation armed whissitance
We’re getting ready for May Day! New York: join the Immigrant Worker Justice throw-down on May 1, 12 noon at Bryant Park.
https://www.facebook.com/events/443063909121561/Tags: classwar, immigrant rights, immigration, IWJ, kittens, KLAW, labor, labor movement, lolcat, occupy, Occupy Wall Street, ows, worker, workers
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Occupy Kensington Rally for Worker & Immigrant Rights
0On the Sunday before May Day, join Occupy Kensington to rally for worker and immigrant rights.
After many months of a boycott against the Brooklyn grocery store Golden Farm, workers have asked the community to temporarily suspend the boycott while the union negotiates a fair contract for the workers, and reinstatement of hours that were illegally cut in retaliation for worker organizing. This after over a year successfully fighting against wage theft, exploitation, abuse and more.
This rally is a crucial way to support Golden Farm (and all) workers’ fight for fair wages, decent conditions, representation and respect on the job. Sonny Kim, the owner of Golden Farm, needs to know that the Kensington community and Occupy stand behind the workers, ready to reinstate the boycott or further escalate at their request.
Read more about the Golden Farm fight.
RSVP on FB here: http://on.fb.me/YL5Pi2
Tags: Golden Farm, may 1, may day, occupy kensington
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Mobilize for Striking Fast Food Workers
0Today, Thursday April 4 , over 400 fast food workers across NYC are starting a second wave of strikes for better wages and a union, marking the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Like the sanitation workers that Dr. King marched with in Memphis, these workers are standing up for dignity and respect for all workers.
Will you support these courageous workers by mobilizing your friends, family and colleagues to come out today and Friday?
1) Join a picket line starting at 11am. Key locations:
- Wendy’s in midtown Manhattan, 259 34th St.
- Burger King in Harlem, 154 E. 116 St.
- Wendy’s in downtown Brooklyn 425 Fulton St.
2) Come to the Fast Food Worker Justice rally at 5:30pm in Marcus Garvey Park (124th and Madison). RSVP here
3) On Friday April 5, walk the striking workers back to work. Collective action is protected under U.S. labor law, and the workers are asking the community to be on-site at fast food locations around the city to support them as they return to the job. Sign up here; shifts are available throughout the day.
4) Can’t support in person? Sign the petition!
Post your photos and videos to Facebook and Twitter:
#fastfoodfwdTags: fast food, fast food forward, nycc, strike
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Would you eat at a restaurant that STEALS from their workers and FIRES them for standing up for their rights?
Write a review on Yelp! and let “Dishes” know that their illegal retaliation will not be tolerated. Workers have a right to collective action in the workplace.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/dishes-new-york#hrid:928wehmJpn9wONrhXqK-PA
Be sure to mention it if you’re a former “Dishes” customer.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/dishes-new-york#hrid:928wehmJpn9wONrhXqK-PA
#DirtyDishes: Retaliate? We escalate!Tags: 1u, dirtydishes, labor, labor movement, occupy, organizing, ows, workers
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Yelp #DirtyDishes Today!
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Write an Online Review of “Dishes”
Would you eat at a restaurant that steals from their workers and fires them for standing up for their rights?
Write a review on Yelp! and let “Dishes” know that their illegal retaliation will not be tolerated by the New York community. Workers have a right to collective action in the workplace.
Be sure to mention it if you’re a former “Dishes” customer.
UPDATE: A selection of reviews!
- “Nothing tastes good when I know the people preparing it have been exploited along the way.“
- “Nope. Ugh. They treat their workers crappy.”
- “‘Dishes is Dirty’. I say that because they don’t pay their workers right, and when they complained about it, management fired them.”
Tags: dirtydishes, dishes, retaliation, yelp
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