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Comment by Samuel Morales Jr. on October 2, 2012 at 16:28

hey all! What's the GDC's activity level these days? I just rejoined after years of being "inactive" as a member.

Comment by Joe Balkis on December 26, 2011 at 14:18

Luis Baucage’s five-month old son is too young to understand Christmas or Santa, but it doesn’t make it any easier for Baucage to know that he cannot shower his family with gifts this coming Christmas. Baucage is one of the 42 art handlers Sotheby’s kicked out in the streets when the auction house locked them out in late July.  December will mark five months without a paycheck for Baucage and his fellow art handlers. To make matters worse, their health insurance will expire at the start of the New Year. Tell Sotheby's to stop being a Scrooge and end the lock-out before ... Working Americans everywhere deserve health care and job security, but companies like Sotheby’s want to milk the middle class for cheap labor. With a flood of signatures, we’ll put pressure on Sotheby’s to do the right thing and end the lockout before these art handlers lose their health care. On July 29, Sotheby’s locked out its art handlers, and demanded to reduce their hours, cut their overtime and replace union positions with temporary ones. The proposal came in the midst of the company’s most profitable quarter in its 267-year history.  Sotheby’s continues to break sales records and has even given its CEO, William Ruprecht a $3 million raise, when the total cost of the art handlers’ proposed contract is $3.3 million. Please add your name to the petition asking Sotheby’s to end the lock-out before January 1 so Baucage and his fellow art handlers can get back to work and provide a good living and health care for their families.  Help save Christmas for Sotheby's art handlers. Click here.  Sincerely, Jason Ide President, Teamsters Local 814 Click here to forward this message

Comment by Evan Herzoff on October 22, 2011 at 22:09

Member 362153 here. I'm in good standing again with IWW-IU 630. I don't know that there are any wobblies in Denver on the GDC, but I'll ask around. Either way I'd like to get more involved. Also there have been arrests here during Occupy Denver and although the organizers don't seem to be so concerned about solidarity with those arrested another organization called Denver Anarchist Black Cross has stepped up to support them along with numerous copwatch and antifa groups. I remember GDC members announced in Chicago that the IWW GDC would also support folks arrested and/or in need of defense/support. So if the IWW GDC would like to support those arrested during Occupy Denver the best group to contact to do that is Denver ABC. Most of them are also wobblies and they operate out of the same building. And we're all friends for the most part. Thanks :) I'll be in touch. Here is a link to Denver ABC's wordpress Denver ABC legal support needs

Comment by Viola Wilkins on September 9, 2011 at 0:27

Hello from Melbourne Australia I am a Wobbly too.

Comment by Evan Herzoff on July 27, 2011 at 18:08

I'd like to step up my participation. I'll have to read up on how to become a part of the GDC I take it but I'll be in touch. You have my info, feel free to contact me anytime. Thanks fellow worker. :)

 

-Evan Herzoff

X 362153

IWW IU630

Comment by Mike Bakunin on June 17, 2011 at 1:56

Fellow Workers - 

 

Are you all GDC members in good standing? If not, why?

 

We're working our butts off to build the IWW's GDC into a real, prepared working-class defense organization, and we need your help! You can get more info about the GDC or join at http://gdc.iww.org

 

-Chuck Bailey

2011 GDC Steering Committee member

Comment by Joe Balkis on June 16, 2011 at 21:20

The Portland IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) is organizing a picket at:

Hotel Lucia

Friday, June 17

4pm to 6pm