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Sign Petition: Stop Outsourching Jobs at Madison Area Technical College
PETITION: http://tinyurl.com/awz32rv
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Milwaukee, March 2: Support the Palermo’s Boycott, Picket the Bradley Center!
11 a.m. – 1 p.m., 4th & State, Milwaukee
The MU Coalition for Worker Rights will be picketing outside the BMO Harris Bradley Center right before the MU-Notre Dame basketball game, demanding that Marquette University cut its contract with Palermo Villa, Inc.
Marquette University, despite being an affiliate of two international groups that support fair labor rights, has a contract with Palermo’s Pizza, a company that fired dozens of workers this summer for attempting to form a union.
The MUCWR stands in solidarity with the Palermo workers, and is urging Marquette to stand behind its principles and international agreements by cutting its contract with this exploitative company.
Meet on the corner of 4th and State St. at 11am; we will picket and flyer for about half an hour before holding a rally with speakers from the MU Coalition, the UWM Coalition, and the striking Palermo’s workers.
This will be big. Join the MUCWR in supporting the striking Palermo workers!
MN: 13 arrested as 200 march on Wells Fargo demanding fair banking practices
http://www.occupyhomesmn.org/marchonwells
“Today was living proof that the housing justice movement is alive and well. It’s inspiring to see people from so many communities–Somali families trying to send money home, security guards on strike, college students, neighbors reclaiming their neighborhood from crime and blight, even Wells Fargo employees–all coming together to stand for a change to Wells Fargo’s practices,” said Anthony Newby, executive director of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC). “Minnesota deserves better, and it’s time Wells Fargo stepped up to the challenge.”
March 3-17: March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food
http://ciw-online.org/march/index.html
Farmworkers and allies to march 200 miles, call on Publix to join fair food program!
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Detroit, March 9: International Women’s Day Forum, Report From India Women’s Conference
International Working Women’s Day 2013
WOMEN RISING, FIGHTING BACK
Special report from India by LeiLani Dowell
Workers World Party International Women’s Day Forum
Saturday, March 9, 2013, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
5920 Second Avenue, Detroit 48201
Dinner served before program (donations welcome; no one turned away)
Hear, see & discuss:
*Report on All India Women’s Conference and the movement to stop rape & violence against women
*Special slideshow from India on women in history
*Harriet Tubman – 100 years after her death
*Struggle origins of International Women’s Day
*Warrior Woman award
Featured speaker LeiLani Dowell, a Workers World managing editor and LGBTQ activist in New York City, was an international delegate from Workers World Party to the 3rd All India Women’s Conference held Jan. 29-31 in Kerala, India. Hear and discuss how women there are fighting back against rape and other injustices, and what Marxism and getting rid of capitalism has to do with women’s struggles in India, the U.S., and everywhere.
Call 313-378-2369 for more information.
International Working Women’s Day
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