US, WSA Ideas & Action - Grassroots of the Class War: Short updates on three victories at the grassroots in the class war.

 (en) US, WSA Ideas & Action - Grassroots of the Class War:
Short updates on three victories at the grassroots in the class war.

SEATTLE SOLIDARITY NETWORK: ---- "We won the Meniz wage-theft fight!! After months of 
making trouble for the Meniz Company (and their client, CWD) in every way we could think 
of, we have finally forced the bosses to pay Jose, in full. He got his money this 
afternoon. ---- "This win belongs to everyone who came to the demand actions, sat in the 
planning meetings, marched on the condo management offices, made a righteous racket to 
wake up condo residents at 7:30am on a Sunday, and would have come out for more if the 
bosses hadn't caved and paid up today. ---- "We really had to earn this one. Jose had to 
earn it twice. But as he said today, it was worth it. I don't know about you all, but I 
really enjoyed every minute of it. So, let's revel in it, have a party, and then get ready 
to make more trouble."

Video here.

INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD- (Holyoke, MA) Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School 
workers have organized with the IWW; The following was read by several workers at the 
Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, 05/11, as a means of publicly informing the board and 
administration of our forming a union:

"Whereas, we come to you today as an intergenerational community that has chosen to 
collectively act upon its longstanding concern about the disconnect between the principles 
of Paulo Freire and the practices of the social justice charter school we have come to 
love that bears his name. And as such, we appreciate this opportunity to be heard, because 
as Freire said, "Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the 
process of inquiry is one of violence;... to alienate humans from their own decision 
making is to change them into objects."

LAUNDRY WORKERS CENTER- The Hot & Crusty Campaign is an example of independent organizing 
to fight for better terms and conditions of employment. The mostly immigrant workers at 
Hot & Crusty won a historic contract through 11 months of intense organizing and almost 
two months on the picket line, demonstrating that real changes are possible when workers 
decide to fight together in the workplace. These workers organized outside the structures 
of traditional labor unions and were backed by a variety of community organizations, 
including Laundry Workers Center. The Hot & Crusty Workers Association has been a source 
of inspiration for other fast food campaigns.

For a more detailed timeline, see the NY Times documentary on Hot & Crusty.

http://ideasandaction.info/2015/07/grassroots-class-war/