INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN’S DAY EVENTS

8th March:

The International Women’s Strike (in 30+ Countries) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1043905282422378/

Women Workers Rising (Washington DC) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1817483448504295/

International Working Women’s Day Rally (Chicago) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1190379977745975/

Rally and March for International Working Women’s Day (New York) – https://www.facebook.com/events/641547352704175/

Oakland Women’s Strike (California) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1289337677802574/

International Women’s Day Rally (Columbus, Ohio) – https://www.facebook.com/events/812248205580371/

Student Day of Action on International Women’s Day! (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – https://www.facebook.com/events/380359135663383/

International Women’s Day – March for Women’s Rights (Dundee, Scotland) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1463154877058331/

5,6,7th March:

March4Women – International Women’s Day march (London, UK, 5th March) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1223426094380011/

The start of the Russian Revolution 1917 & International Women’s day (6th March, Birmingham, UK) – https://www.facebook.com/events/217964952002903/ & (7th March, Coventry, UK) – https://www.facebook.com/events/1390633434328479/

#InternationalWomensDay #WomenStrike #DayWithoutAWoman #March8strike #Strike #Protest

Blacksburg, VA

Paid leave must be available to all working people, not just those already at the top. Tell Yum Brands and CEO Greg Creed to do the right thing and make sure everyone working for the fast-food chain has paid parental leave. Sign our petition now.

Last week, Yum Brands—the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut—announced a new policy providing 18 weeks of paid leave to new mothers and eight weeks of paid leave to new fathers.

It’s awesome news for the folks who work at the chain’s corporate headquarters. But Yum Brands deliberately excluded the hundreds of thousands of employees who make the fast-food conglomerate successful. We can’t stomach the news that the corporation left the people who serve their tacos, fry their chicken, and bake their pizzas behind.

SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Yum Brands to expand their new paid leave policy to everyone who works at KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut.

Connie, a mom of three who has worked at a combination KFC / Taco Bell in Miami for five years, said:

“I’m glad Yum is taking the right steps towards working mothers in the corporate offices but why is the company excluding those of us working in the kitchen from these great benefits? They should have more consideration for those of who break our backs everyday doing manual kitchen labor and are already paid less.”

Paid time off to take care of a newborn or adopted child shouldn’t just be a corporate perk. By leaving the people who work in his restaurants out of the policy, Yum Brands CEO Greg Creed is hurting those who need it the most. More than a quarter of men and women working in fast food are parents, and most struggle to make ends meet. Right now, too many people working for fast-food giants have to choose between their jobs and their families when a baby is born. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Paid leave isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity. Will you add your name to make sure Yum Brands hears our demand?

In promoting the new generous leave policy for corporate staff, Yum’s HR director said “It sends a message of trust that we value them so much.” What’s the message the fast-food chain sent to hundreds of thousands of men and women who weren’t covered by the family-friendly policy?

For years, working people at Yum and across the fast-food industry have come together to demand a fair return on their work and workplaces that value families. To date, Yum has refused to give an inch and even fought hard against city and state proposals for universal paid sick and family leave. That’s why we’re calling on Creed, who makes more in a day than many of his employees make in a year, to offer the same benefits across the board.

Paid leave must be available to all working people, not just those already at the top. Join us and tell Yum Brands to do the right thing and make sure everyone working across the fast-food chain has paid parental leave.

In Solidarity,
Ethan
Jobs With Justice

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This site is maintained by Greg Butterfield, a member of Workers World Party, contributing editor of Workers World newspaper. Other blogs I maintain include Red Star Over Donbass and Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism.

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of an epochal event in human history: the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917. For the first time, one-sixth of the earth’s surface was liberated from capitalism. How did the workers and peasants of Russia accomplish this great victory? What are the lessons we can learn today for the struggle against capitalism at a dead end and rising neo-fascism from Trump to Brexit to the Ukrainian junta?

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Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (CAARPR)

1325 S. Wabash Ave. Suite 105, Chicago, Illinois 60605

http://www.naarpr.org

MEDIA ALERT

Tuesday 7th March, 2017

For information contact:

Frank Chapman 312-513-3795 email: fchapman@naarpr.org

What: Protest to Defend the Right to Protest, Oppose Trump’s Racist Executive Order on Policing

Who: Police crime survivors and families, community members, along with groups, churches and organizations including; Black Lives Matter – Chicago; Trinity United Church of Christ; Arab American Action Network; U.S. Palestinian Community Network; Black Lives Matter Women of Faith: American Indian Center; AnakBayan – Patriotic Filipino Youth; National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON); Trans Liberation Collective

When: 5:00pm to 7:00 p.m, March 7th, 2017

Where: Federal Plaza, Dearborn & Adams, Chicago

Chicago Communities Defend the Right to Protest, Say No to Trump’s Executive Order on Policing

On February 9th, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that declares war on protest and dissent. Under the title, “Preventing Violence Against … Law Enforcement Officers,” Trump is letting out the leash for his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to attack anyone that protests against police crimes; stands up to raids and deportations by ICE; raises their voices at airports against customs officials detaining immigrants from Muslim countries; or places their bodies in the way of sheriffs to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Jeff Sessions was exposed during confirmation proceedings for his racist actions and beliefs. As head of the Dept. of Justice (DOJ), Sessions is the chief law enforcement officer in the U.S. But this is a man opposed to the Voting Rights Act, as well as legislation protecting LGBTQ people and undocumented workers. With free rein from Trump’s recent executive order, we can expect Sessions to execute this new edict in the most racist unconstitutional and oppressive manner, to unleash even more state violence against dissent, and to criminalize the Black Lives Matter movement, the Indigenous Peoples’ movement at Standing Rock, the struggle for Immigrant rights and all progressive people’s movements.

The president is whipping up his base with his speeches about the rise in murders of cops; the rate of violent crimes, especially crimes by undocumented immigrants; and incidents of terrorism by Muslims. All of these are lies, but his calls for law and order are a dog whistle to go after all his targets. The truth is that the statistic that is out of control is police brutality and murders of Black, Chicano and Latino youth, and Native people.

Racist and Political Repression must be met by our Resistance. Fortunately, there is already a powerful movement in the streets – and the airports – of Chicago, standing up to the assaults coming from Trump’s White House. The anti-Trump protesters stand on the shoulders of the movement against police crimes, against Rahm and Rauner we have been building in communities for years.

Last year, the movement in Chicago had compelled the DOJ to come here and investigate the Chicago Police Department. The DOJ report established an arsenal of facts proving CPD, the Mayor’s office, and City Hall as well to be racist, corrupt, and unwilling to hold the police accountable when they murder and brutalize the Black and Latino communities.

Attorney General Sessions will deep-six the report including the 90 some cases of police crimes filed in the federal complaint brought by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Sessions will remove the slight brake on police crimes generated by Consent Decrees. Holding police accountable in Chicago will only be accomplished by community control.

We defend the right to protest!

We say no to the Executive Order on Policing!

We demand enforcement of the Voting Rights Act!

We demand prosecution of the criminal cops in Chicago!

CPAC Now!

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Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Stop Police Crimes Campaign

http://www.stoppolicecrimes.com/

Workers World Party – Baltimore

Voces de la Frontera

“Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!”

This week, Republicans in Wisconsin reintroduced a law that was defeated last year by a popular uprising called the #DayWithoutLatinos. The legislation would deputize public employees, local police, and sheriffs to act as immigration agents. We should be working to keep families together, not tearing them apart!

#IndigenousWomenRise will join the #NativeNationsMarch next week in Washington, D.C.! We’re asking those who want to walk with us in prayer to wear turquoise scarves or shawls as visual representation and identification. Wearing a long skirt to signify prayer is optional. ALL ARE WELCOME. We will be providing a limited amount of B.Yellowtail for Native Americans in Philanthropy “Women Warrior” scarves at the march. You can also purchase your own at https://www.sacredx.com/.

More information about the March 10 march can be found here: http://nativenationsrise.org/ #NativeNationsMarch #IndigenousWomenRise

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Register by clicking here: http://workersworlddetroit.org/2017-wwp-midwest-conference-registration/