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CWA Local 7200 hall

3521 East Lake Street, Minneapolis read more »

Hunger strike, protests resume in support of injured GM workers in Colombia

DETROIT - On the same day that General Motors was up for the U.S. Secretary of State’s “Award for Corporate Excellence,” a crowd of about 50 activists protested Wednesday at the steps of GM’s world headquarters in Detroit, chanting “down with exploitation, up with mediation!” In Washington, D.C., where the corporate award ceremony had taken place earlier in the day, a small contingent demonstrated outside the U.S. State Department. read more »

On the anniversary of the national Occupy Homes movement we will return to the home of Bobby Hull, a US Marine who made international news by fighting for his home and winning, to share food and honor the victories of the past year.

From there we will march to a vacant home in the neighborhood to move in a family made homeless by the greed of Wall Street and the big banks, affirming the human right to safe and equitable housing for all.

Guest appearances by Brother Ali and other special artists. read more »

The workers are currently on a hunger strike, but their families are also enduring hunger and facing devastating economic circumstances, including utility shut-offs and foreclosures. To give you a sense of the reality they are facing, when the hunger strike lifted during a failed mediation, the workers did not have anything to eat.

Supporting these workers financially has just become much easier. Wellspring UCC is going to collect funds and send them to the workers from now until October 9th, 2012. read more »