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Tyler Swain posted a blog postAdvice on moving forward with a ULP Charge, need to respond by Noon Tomorrow!
I was recently wrongfully terminated from Starbucks Coffee, where I have been actively organizing since 2008. Myself and a group of coworkers went public with our Union affiliation in August of last year, since then Starbucks had aggressively been trying to fire me, as I was singled out as the head of this organizing drive. On New Years Eve, they finally fired me. We filed a ULP including 10 charges regarding my termination and other violations that had taken place since we went public. I…See More
Tyler Swain posted an eventPhone in to support Portland IWW Janus workers! at everywhere!
February 11, 2011 from 9am to 11am
Fellow Workers, Some workers and wobblies in Portland, OR could really use some solidarity. in the form of some phone calls. The Portland branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), workers atStreetlight and Porchlight youth shelters, and workers form Harry's Mother(two Janus non-profit programs) began picketing in front of Janus YouthProgram's main office at 707 NE Couch on February 7th. We are doing sobecause Janus is in contract negotiations with these two differentIWW-represented…See More
Tyler Swain joined Nathan Moore's group
Labor-lore and Working Class Culture
This is a group for anyone interested in the folklore and cultural expression of workers. If you're into work songs, labor movement art, shop-floor lingo, occupational folklore, or any related topic, then this is the group for you.See More
Tyler Swain joined Orsan Senalp's group
Social Network Unionism
Building a bottom-up transnational unionism that will hack the capitalist mode of production and lead the way towards mature and advanced, joyful, positive, creative alternative world civilizations. See More
Tyler Swain added a discussion to the group Union Organizers
How did you become an Organizer?
How did you become an organizer? Are you a grassroots organizer, or a paid staffer?I've been a grassroots organizer within Starbucks with the Industrial Workers of the world since October 2008. I began organizing because I've always strongly believed in the power and right of an organized workforce. I began organizing specifically with the IWW after outreaching first to the Afl-CIO and finding little to no interest in organizing the high turnover service industry, and learning that the IWW had…See More
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Advice on moving forward with a ULP Charge, need to respond by Noon Tomorrow!
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 18:31 0 Comments 0 Likes
I was recently wrongfully terminated from Starbucks Coffee, where I have been actively organizing since 2008. Myself and a group of coworkers went public with our Union affiliation in August of last year, since then Starbucks had aggressively been trying to fire me, as I was singled out as the head of this organizing drive. On New Years Eve, they finally fired me. We filed a ULP including 10 charges regarding my termination and other violations that had taken place since we went public. …
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