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STOP THE POLITICAL WITCH-HUNT OF BRIAN CROWELL Defending the Best Political Traditions of Berkeley Requires Defending Brian Crowell Against Victimization by BUSD CONTACT THE DISTRICT TO DEMAND THEY STOP THEIR WITCH-HUNT OF MR. CROWELL (Board of Education: 510-644-6550  [email protected]; Superintendent: 510-644-6206) CONTACT BAMN TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN: 855-ASK-BAMN  [email protected] Veteran Berkeley High School teacher Brian [...]

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 [...]

Join BAMN and organize youth-led direct mass action: • KEEP ALL SCHOOLS OPEN • Use State Surplus Funds to restore DPS • Restore Doctor King’s Dream for America in Detroit • Defend our Dignity – Equal, quality education for all Black, Latino/a other minority and poor white students When We Fight We Win! This is [...]

Come to a planning meeting: Wednesday, February 15th at 5pm Mount Calvary Baptist Church 4741-43 Iroquois at Forest Street, Detroit, MI, 48214 This week, the Emergency Manager of the Detroit Public Schools publicly announced the list of Detroit Public schools that he intends to close at the end of this year, including successful schools like Ludington Magnet [...]

Demand the Immediate Resignation of Chancellor Birgeneau Independent Student/Community Public Hearing: Police Brutality, Privatization, and the New Student & Civil Rights Movement Monday, November 21 at 7:00pm, Room 110 Wheeler Hall (UC Berkeley) Hear from students and protesters who will testify about their commitment to public education and their experiences being brutalized at the Nov. [...]

Stop the Corporate Austerity Drive that’s Pushing Us into Poverty PICKET & RALLY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,  4:30 PM  City-County Building (Woodward/Jefferson) This country is not broke. The top tiers of our nation continue to grow more obscenely wealthy as the gap between the rich and the poor, working class and even middle-class grows wider each [...]