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NOW, MORE THAN EVER—Our Time Is Now. Our Movement Can Win. En Espanol MARCH FOR FULL RIGHTS AND DIGNITY FOR ALL Stand Up for Detroit! Stop the Attacks on Our Schools and Neighborhoods! Join the BAMN contingent! Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, 12 Noon at Patton Park No year has ever been more important to celebrate Cinco [...]

NEXT EVENT: Rally & March!  Saturday, Nov. 3rd at Clark Park at 1:00PM I.C.E Out of Southwest Detroit Now! En Espanol Our fight to stop the bold attacks of the I.C.E in Southwest Detroit’s schools, churches, workplaces, parks and homes must continue. All we need to start backing off the I.C.E is a section of [...]

En Espanol All out to End Racist Raids and Deportations in Southwest Detroit! Rally on Saturday, October 27th at Clark Park at 1pm The I.C.E Must Stay Out of Southwest Detroit’s Schools, Churches, Workplaces, Parks and Homes! Our fight to stop the bold attacks of the I.C.E in Southwest Detroit’s schools, churches, workplaces, parks and [...]

THE ANATOMY OF A VICTORY On Thursday, October 4, AFSCME Local 207, the city of Detroit’s largest union that represents water and sewage workers, won its five-day strike. The Local 207 Executive Board ended the strike after signing a deal with the Water Department management that addressed the issues that the union had gone on [...]

All fired workers will be reinstated to their jobs Victory won on the most important issues that led to the strike Today, after further negotiations with DWSD management, Local 207 President John Riehl is proud to announce that the Local 207 Executive Board voted to end our strike today. Riehl said that the strike was [...]

LOCAL 207 ORGANIZER Official Newsletter of AFSCME Local 207, Detroit AFSCME 207 STRIKE BULLETIN #2 Issue # 168 October 3, 2012    Phone: 313-995-5691   Fax: 312-965-1603   Email: [email protected]   Website: afscme207.com Day Three of the Strike really sucked. It’s when we learned, among other things, that we are groundbreakers, pathfinders fighting an army of professionals [...]

The first and most important thing: the strike has NOT been called off and WILL CONTINUE in full force tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2nd. Everyone who can, every union member and every strike supporter, should be at the picket lines starting at 6am tomorrow morning. The early morning picketing is the most important time to picket [...]

Defend Our City, Our Lives, Our Children’s Futures Realize Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream for America in Detroit Workers from the Detroit Waste Water Plant walked out mid-shift on Sunday morning September 30th. We are asking everyone to come down to the Detroit Waste Water plant at 9300 West Jefferson to support the strike. We [...]

UPDATE:  Students Pack 6/14/12 CCA Board Meeting – Advance the Fight to Force Board to ‘Decline to Renew’ Contract of Racist Teacher March Today, March Tomorrow and Keep Fighting Until we Win! On Friday, May 25, 2012, over 200 students walked out of Cesar Chavez Academy (CCA) Middle School and High School to demand a [...]

Mass Rally  Fight to Save our Schools and Our Neighborhoods! RESCHEDULED: THURSDAY 04/06/2012 at 5pm! 4555 John C Lodge Fwy (corner of Lodge service drive and Forest Ave) The maintenance of the Detroit Day School for the Deaf is a question of respect for the dignity of deaf students and their right to choose to [...]