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Okay, the California farm worker strike is happening this week from Wednesday to Friday-- a trial run, I would think, considering the court verdict today ending "roving patrol" ICE raids. (We will see whether it does or not, I guess.)

In the meantime, we can support the workers by spreading information about the strike. They explicitly said before this that they want people to help raise awareness.

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Very important matter to keep an eye on today: #California farm workers will be announcing the dates of a strike for citizenship and basic human rights. We will want to support their efforts and also be aware of the effect on food prices, which will mean more difficulty for many in our own communities nationwide. Obviously, it's got to be done, but the more of us who support the workers and each other, the less pain all around.

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InstagramFLOR 🌹✊🏽🇲🇽🪶 on Instagram: "😮‍💨😮‍💨 it’s happening. Farmwokers to hold press conference on Monday, July 14th, 2025 at 12pm at Placita Olvera, in Los Angeles, California. They are demanding immediate citizenship, an end to the ice raids and permanent protections with a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented community members living in the U.S. They will be announcing the dates for this farmwoker strike and calling for immigration reform. Please JOIN them to show your support and hear all the details on Huelga Para La Dignidad. They will make their demands loud and clear and answer any questions. Let us STAND with the essential workers that feed OUR families. Let us give them an hour of our day to hear them speak. These are the voices of the hands that show up for you EVERY SINGLE DAY. Please come hear them. Please stand with them. Follow @huelgaparaladignidad #huelgaparaladignidad #farmworkerstrikefordignity #dontbitethehandsthatfeedyou #arealpathwaytocitizenship"28K likes, 716 comments - flowerinspanish on July 12, 2025: "😮‍💨😮‍💨 it’s happening. Farmwokers to hold press conference on Monday, July 14th, 2025 at 12pm at Placita Olvera, in Los Angeles, California. They are demanding immediate citizenship, an end to the ice raids and permanent protections with a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented community members living in the U.S. They will be announcing the dates for this farmwoker strike and calling for immigration reform. Please JOIN them to show your support and hear all the details on Huelga Para La Dignidad. They will make their demands loud and clear and answer any questions. Let us STAND with the essential workers that feed OUR families. Let us give them an hour of our day to hear them speak. These are the voices of the hands that show up for you EVERY SINGLE DAY. Please come hear them. Please stand with them. Follow @huelgaparaladignidad #huelgaparaladignidad #farmworkerstrikefordignity #dontbitethehandsthatfeedyou #arealpathwaytocitizenship".

Connect Conference - Part 1

shkspr.mobi/blog/2009/07/conne

I'm still writing up my notes from the Connect Biennial Conference in Blackpool which I hope to turn into a full post this week.

However, I found an anonymous article in the Socialist Worker decrying the merger vote.

Socialist Worker accept comments for publication in the paper, but not on their website, so here's the response I emailed them.

Dear Sir,

I was a delegate at the Connect Conference.  I must take issue with your statement "The whole weight of the union machine was used to force this through in the debate."

There was a fair and open question and answer session.  We had a polite and orderly debate.  Everyone who stood to speak for the CWU was called.  We heard a wide range of opinions, discussed them and voted.

In the end there was more support from the members for Prospect.  That wasn't a "union machine" that was democracy.

You also say merger with CWU would have created "one industrial telecoms union".  70% of CWU members work for the Post Office - how are they in any way connected to the telecoms industry?

The Post Office is in crisis - I don't make any comment on whether it deserves to be or what should be done.  But without a doubt, the massive CWU will spend the next few years fighting for its members' rights. How can they possibly represent professional and managerial staff in the flourishing telecoms sector when concentrating on the Royal Mail pension crisis, possible privatisation, redundancies and modernisation?

The CWU is, I'm sure, a fine and noble union.  But its critical lack of resources means it would be poorly placed in serving Connects members.

That is, in part, why we voted to merge with Prospect.

Yours,

You can read more about the conference and the order of business etc. (Via Calvin Allen's Connected Research)

Edit 31/07/2009 My letter has been published in issue 2160 (18th of July 2009)

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Workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 5 voted to authorize a strike at Safeway locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the North Coast, citing unfair labor practices and “bad faith bargaining.” Workers have been without a contract since April.

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Times-Standard · Northern California Safeway workers vote to authorize strikeBy Robert Schaulis

Thousands of members voted nearly unanimously to authorize both an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) or an Economic strike, should either option become necessary. This show of solidarity demonstrates our collective strength and commitment to securing the fair agreement our members deserve.

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A local sanitation workers strike that began on July 1 in Boston, Massachusetts, and left trash unpicked across the city is now spreading nationwide in a series of labor actions coordinated by the Teamsters union as frustrated workers demand better pay and benefits from Republic Services, a major waste disposal company.

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share.google · Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread NationwideAs work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.

The largest #UK #tradeunion Unite is officially taking a stand on #Palestine, as its council voted to support #workers who "refuse to build, handle or transport weapons destined for #Israel". This was only possible through tireless campaigning from members, as the #workers4Pal movement is spreading. While joining a #union is always a good idea, #collectiveaction is not reserved to #unions, as proved by mass walk-outs of DJs & artists from #festivals in protest of #KKR or #Barclays sponsorship ✊🏽