Join Garbage Picket Lines

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/20/18436533.php

Show community solidarity by joining locked out garbage workers on picket lines at 172 98th Ave on Saturday, July 21 from 6am to Noon.

Solidarity Needed for East Bay Garbage Workers

Adopt-A-Picket Line on Saturday, July 21
172 98th Ave, Oakland at Waste Management HQ
6am to Noon

Waste Management made $1.1 billion profit last year. Now it has brought hundreds of scabs to the union towns of the East Bay and locked out 481 Teamsters of Local 70. 80 WM mechanics from IAM Local 1546 and 300 recycling workers from ILWU Local 6 are honoring their picket lines in an inspiring show of solidarity. Many unions and community members are answering the Alameda Labor Councils call by contributing to the unions’ hardship fund and walking the picket lines.

On Saturday, July 21st, ISO members will be joining locked out workers on the picket lines at 98th Avenue in Oakland and we hope you come along.

We’ll be going in two shifts, from 6am to 9am and from 9am to Noon. If you’d like to join us as an individual or bring along members from your group, please let us know so we can help arrange car-pools and give the Labor Council as accurate a count as possible about how many people to expect.

Please don’t come empty handed, bring a sign showing your support for the workers AND bring along a cash or check for their hardship fund. You can also bring canned beans, vegetables or fruits to donate to the fund!

For more information, go to:
http://www.AlamedaLabor.org

To get the background on the lockout, go to:
http://www.SocialistWorker.org

In Solidarity,

Bay Area ISO
415-861-3103
http://www.socialistworker.org