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[olympiaworkers] SeaSol quickly wins $6,710 at a South Seattle grocery store. 14 Aug 2013 | 03:43 am
Aug. 13, 2013 Libcom.org New SeaSol member Antonio worked at a grocery store in White Center for two grueling years. Working regular 6-day, 72-hour weeks, Antonio received no breaks, no overtime pa...
[olympiaworkers] Fast-food workers in NYC stage strikes, rallies 30 Jul 2013 | 07:40 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's restaurants across New York walked out Monday in a one-day strike to demand better pay and the right to unionize, calling for minimum w...
[olympiaworkers] Backbone Activist Camp! What fun! You should come! 8 Jul 2013 | 10:13 pm
Hello Olympia! Have you been to a summer camp made just for you and your activist friends focused on creating a better world? If you have, you know it's fun, if you haven't, think Wet Hot American Sum...
[olympiaworkers] Fast-food workers in Detroit walk off job, disrupt business 11 May 2013 | 04:51 am
May 10, 2013 By Steve Neavling and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Hundreds of fast-food employees in Detroit walked off the job on Friday, temporarily shuttering a handful of outlets as part of a growi...
[olympiaworkers] Lonmin miners strike in S.Africa, unnerving investors 6 Mar 2013 | 01:08 am
Tue Mar 5, 2013 11:50am Reuters * Wildcat strike launched as media tours mine * Confusion sends rand, platinum, shares on bumpy ride * Union feud at heart of dispute By Sherilee Lakmidas MARIKANA...
2 rabble rousing analysts on Latin America + Israeli Apartheid Week! 1 Mar 2013 | 03:53 am
Laura Carlsen, two major talks in Olympia on the Drug Wars and Neoliberalism. 1) Latin America's Challenge to Neoliberalism https://www.facebook.com/events/214326362039336 Monday, March 4, 2013 7-9pm,...
[olympiaworkers] Honduras: Attacks on LGBTQ & Unions; Rising Resistance Front! Speaker Chuck Kaufman, 3/8 6pm, Media Island 15 Feb 2013 | 05:35 am
EVENT: Eyewitness Updates on Honduras: Attacks on LGBTQ Community and Unions https://www.facebook.com/events/406819922734669/ Friday, March 8, 6PM, Media Island, 816 Adams St. SE, Olympia, free event ...
[olympiaworkers] The machines of self-management have been switched on! 14 Feb 2013 | 03:48 am
From Viome http://www.viome.org/ After 3 days of intense mobilization, the factory of Vio.Me. has started production under workers' control earlier today! It is the first experiment in industrial s...
[olympiaworkers] Fired workers taken to court for blogging about work conditions 14 Dec 2012 | 10:13 am
Dec. 11, 2012 libcom.org Solidarity with the Workers of Natais popcorn factory in France! Exposed to hazardous substances, forced to work on precarious conditions, the workers tried to fight back. ...
[olympiaworkers] Los Angeles port strike triggers fears, lobbying by businesses 3 Dec 2012 | 01:35 pm
(Reuters) - A national coalition of U.S. business groups is urging an end to a strike at the twin California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach amid fears that a prolonged stand-off will cost the A...
