3/9 Oakland Meet/Video Screening On Epidemic Of Union Busting&How To Fight It

Labor Solidarity Meeting
On The Anniversary of International Women’s Day
Thursday March 9, 2006 7:00 PM
Fellowship Of Humanity Hall
390 27th St./Broadway Oakland
The Union Busting Epidemic &
How To Fight It
Video Screening of "Lockout 484" &
"Solidarity Has No Borders, Lessons Of The Neptune Jade"
Join locked out Celanese workers from Boilermakers Local 484 in Meredosia, Illinois http://www.lockout484.org, Will Goodo a fired worker from Richmond Comcast, fired Berkeley Honda IAM1546 Shop Steward Nat Courtney, SEIU790, fired SF PUC former steward Phyllis Porter and other fired and victimized workers to learn about the growing union busting epidemic and what to do about it. Over 20,000 workers are fired every year for trying to form a union and more and more workers who have unions are facing discharges and discrimination for union membership.

Benefit For Fired Workers
$3.00 Donation Requested (no one turned away from lack of funds)

Also, there will be an BA solidarity picket in support of the Meredosia workers on Thursday March 9, 2006 at 4:00 PM at National Starch in Berkeley. This company is helping to attack the union. It is located at 746 Grayson St./7th St. in Berkeley, CA. Following the picket there will be a march to Berkeley Honda on 2600 Shattuck & Parker St to support striking IAM & IBT fired Honda workers.

Sponsored by Labor Video Project, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee TWSC, Bay Area Labor Action Coalition (BALC)
For information email lvpsf [at] labornet.org (415)282-1908


For Audio Interview of Tena Battefeld go to
http://www.laborradio.org/files/MeredosiaCelanese030706.mp3


Meredosia, Illinois Workers Face Intimidation, Harassment From
Celanese - 03/07/06
<http://www.laborradio.org/files/MeredosiaCelanese030706.mp3>

WIN's Doug Cunningham interviews Tina Battefeld, chair of the "Road
Warriors", a rank and file group from Boilermakers Local 484. In the
small Illinois town of Meredosia, 150 working families are struggling
against a lockout by the global Celanese corporation. Paramilitary style
corporate enforcers are being used to intimidate and harass the workers
on the picket lines, in their neighborhoods and at area schools. (4.68 MB)