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Shaw's Workers on Strike |
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by Mass. Jobs With Justice, |
On March 7, 2010, by a vote of 228 to 8, the workers of the Shaw’s
Supermarkets' Methuen Distribution Center, represented by UFCW Local 791, voted overwhelmingly to reject a final contract offer by Shaw’s Supermarkets and voted to strike following the expiration of the current contract at midnight on March 6, 2010. |
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09 Mar 2010
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Filed under: News / Labor : Organizing |
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SDAC Announces Anticapitalathon (TM) Games |
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by The Self-Described Anarchist Collective, |
 From April 23rd through 25th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) will hold their annual spring meetings in Washington, DC. The IMF/WB are responsible for saddling struggling economies with unmanageable debt, driving billions into deeper poverty through the imposition of (badly misnamed) “poverty reduction” programs, and threatening countries who refuse to follow their austerity programs with economic blacklisting and isolation. |
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02 Mar 2010
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Filed under: Announcement / Globalization : Human Rights : Organizing |
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Banner dropped at Umass Boston |
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by Occupyboston, |
 On the first school morning of March, activists representing the UMass Boston Committee to Have Fun dropped a banner from the Wheatley building reading “No Paycuts or Tuition Hikes. March 4th!” as a sign of things to come this week as schools across the country prepare for the March 4th day of action to defend public education. |
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02 Mar 2010
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Filed under: News / Education : Media : Organizing |
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AmRen Conference Back On |
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by Boston IMC, |
In a surprise announcement, the white supremacist group American Renaissance (AmRen) yesterday said that their ninth biennial conference, which had previously been canceled, is back on. On the AmRen web site Jared Taylor, AmRen's founder, announced that the conference is now being held at the Capitol Skyline Hotel in Washington, DC this weekend, February 19 - 21.
Breaking - The conference has been canceled. Click 'Read the full article' for details. |
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16 Feb 2010
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing : Race |
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