This weekend, the Grand Rapids chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and The Bloom Collective are hosting a fundraiser for workers who organized a successful and widely publicized factory occupation last fall at Republic Doors and Windows in Chicago. The workers—who were organized with UE Local 1110—occupied the factory after management fired them without proper notice (and without back pay). Support came from across the United States and the workers eventually won and received back pay, vacation, and severance (for more background information check out the Republic Plant Occupation Solidarity Page).
Details on the fundraiser follow:
December 19
7pm Film – Hasta La Victoria (Until the Victory) followed by discussion with UE members and workers who participated in the Republic Windows and Doors occupation in December of 2008.
9pm – Live music with Chance Jones
Tickets are $5 or $10 All proceeds go to sit-downers
Kent-Ionia Labor Hall 918 Benjamin NE
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