[Crsd] Fw: PHONE ZAP TO SUPPORT FIRED IWW WORKERS

[Monty Kroopkin]

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To: San Diego IWW GMB <sandiego at iww.org>
Subject: PHONE ZAP TO SUPPORT FIRED IWW WORKERS
From: "Industrial Workers of the World" <ghq at iww.org>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:55:45 -0500
 
 


INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone Zap to Support Fired IWW Workers   
Fellow Worker ,
This week, in support of Fellow Workers from the IWW IU650 shops at Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (GCI) Nationwide, we are calling on Wobblies and friends to participate in a phone zap of GCI’s field offices. Hundreds of people have called into GCI’s central office, but the company frequently refuses to hear people out. We need their field offices, many of which are actively engaged in union busting, to pass the message along. Please call on Thursday, August 2nd and Friday, August 3rd between the hours of 9-6pm, as these are typical business hours for a GCI office.
In June Grassroots Campaigns locked out its Seattle workers in retaliation for Labor Activity. In July they did it again. This also came with a wave of firings of Union supporters. On a daily basis these workers are discriminated against by their employer, with Union folks being sent to remote locations with little foot traffic. They are subjected to a constant stream of highly questionable legal theory that the bosses spout, and canvassers have been forced into more difficult assignments, including a switch to fleece uniforms in the middle of the summer.
Despite these vicious attacks. The workers at GCI in New Orleans joined the fight and won their own NLRB election for representation by the IWW. They have faced severe and illegal union busting activity since going public.
GCI fears that their shady practices will help fuel the flames and spread the union. Let’s show them they’re right. Call today to show just how much solidarity we have around the country.
Phone Numbers and Emails
Seattle, WA - (206) 299-2068 - https://m.facebook.com/gciseattle/
New Orleans, LA - (504) 571-9585
Philadelphia, PA - (215) 564-0361 - https://www.facebook.com/PhillyGCI/
New York, NY - (212) 219-1502 - https://www.facebook.com/GCINYC/
Berkeley, CA - (510) 848-1754
Los Angeles, CA - (310) 441-1712 - https://www.facebook.com/gcilosangeles/
Washington, DC - (202) 797-9655 - https://www.facebook.com/grassrootswdc/
Boston, MA - (617) 338-7882
Amherst, MA - (413) 345-2642 - https://www.facebook.com/amherstgrcampaigns/
Atlanta, GA - (857) 206-4483
Chicago, IL - (312) 574-3794
Denver, CO - (303) 893-1268 - https://www.facebook.com/gcidenver/
Raleigh/Durham, NC - (984) 260-8217 - https://www.facebook.com/gcidurham/
Sacramento, CA - (916) 446-1100 - https://www.facebook.com/GCISACTO/
San Diego, CA - (619) 550-3059
Sample Script
Hello, my name is _____________ (First name is fine)
I am calling in support of the IWW 650 affiliated workers at Grassroots Campaigns facing union busting activity.
I know that GCI has asked its directors to engage in union busting practices that are frequently illegal without actually informing them of that fact. You can and should refuse to engage in such shady and illegal activities.
I am calling to insist that you inform your superiors how important it is to immediately rehire Jeff Patterson in Seattle, Alec Arceneaux in New Orleans, and all other victims of GCI's illegal retaliation and closer scrutiny as part of its union busting operations. Many hard working canvassers have dedicated months if not years to fundraising and building strong, supportive communities around a variety of causes. They deserve better than to have their employer sabotage their fundraising through repeated technical errors and discriminatory treatment.
GCI claims to be a progressive company but it consistently fails to live up to those ideals. Please tell your superiors that people from around the country have the backs of your workers, and that we demand they honor their contracts and end all of their union busting activity.
Thank you for your time.

For the One Big Union, 
Travis Erickson
General Secretary-Treasurer
Industrial Workers of the World




2036 W MONTROSE AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60618-1748
United States
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