Re: [nobawc-announce] Urban Ore Workersą Strike Fundraiser: Saturday 1/25 in ! (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Obviously, we are not going to this today.

Sounds like quite a part-tay, 'tho.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:33:01 -0800 (PST)
 >
 >  > From: "Bernadette King Fitzsimons via nobawc-announce list" <http://www.lists.nobawc.org/~nobawc-announce>
 >  > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:02:54 -0800
 >  > To: http://www.lists.nobawc.org/~nobawc-announce
 >  > 
 >  > Hi NoBAWC community, 
 >  > 
 >  > Happy New Year! I’m reaching out to invite you all to the Urban Ore 
 >  > Workers' Strike Fundraiser on Saturday, 1/25 at 2920 Newbury St in  
 >  > from 4-9pm. Urban Ore workers, who unionized with IWW in 2023, are 
 >  > preparing to strike as their employer continues to stall negotiations over 
 >  > their first collective bargaining agreement . These workers are fighting to 
 >  > fix issues of unfair pay and workplace safety, amongst others. This strike 
 >  > fundraiser is an important opportunity for the Bay Area worker co-op 
 >  > community to show up in solidarity with the Urban Ore workers, particularly 
 >  > because of how the Urban Ore owners have used the promise of a worker co-op 
 >  > to undercut the workers and their union. Despite talking about converting 
 >  > Urban Ore to a worker co-op as early as 2017 
 >  > https://www.kqed.org/news/11353196/berkeleys-scrappiest-entrepreneurs-hope-co-op-model-will-keep-business-alive-after-they-retire
 >  > Urban Ore’s 
 >  > owners have said that they will not offer a worker co-op transition to the 
 >  > now-unionized workers. The owners have said the workers cannot have both a 
 >  > union and a co-op, which we know is false from the numerous unionized 
 >  > worker co-ops across the country. 
 >  > https://slu.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/28283961_Union_Toolkit_final_11-2021.pdf
 >  > 
 >  > We in the Bay Area worker co-op community need to send a message to the 
 >  > Urban Ore owners; that we stand in solidarity with Urban Ore workers, and 
 >  > that they cannot use cooperative principles to union bust. Join us for the 
 >  > Strike Fundraiser on Saturday, January 25th from 4pm to 9pm at 2920 Newbury 
 >  > St 
 >  > https://www.google.com/maps/search/2920+Newbury+St?entry=gmail&amp;source=g
 >  > in . If you can’t make it, please consider making a donation to 
 >  > the Urban Ore Workers’ Strike Fund here 
 >  > https://linktr.ee/urban_ore_workers . 
 >  > 
 >  > Read more about the Urban Ore workers and their contract campaign below. 
 >  > 
 >  > Urban Ore workers, who unionized with IWW in 2023, are preparing to go on 
 >  > strike as the owners of Urban Ore continue to stall in negotiations over 
 >  > their first collective bargaining agreement. In the last year and a half, 
 >  > wages have gone down at Urban Ore while the company has refused to offer 
 >  > any guaranteed increases to pay and benefits at the bargaining table. 
 >  > Despite Urban Ore reporting their highest annual sales revenue in their 
 >  > 44-year history, the owners have elected to spend money on union-busting 
 >  > lawyers instead of the workers that generated that revenue.
 >  > 
 >  > To support Urban Ore workers in their fight for better pay and working 
 >  > conditions, the East Bay Workplace Organizing Committee (EBWOC) 
 >  > https://www.eastbaydsa.org/campaigns/ebwoc/ is collaborating with the 
 >  > Urban Ore Workers (UOW) union and IWW to organize a fundraiser for their 
 >  > strike fund. The fundraiser will be on Saturday, January 25th at [ 2920 
 >  > Newbury St 
 >  > https://www.google.com/maps/search/2920+Newbury+St?entry=gmail&amp;source=g
 >  > in  from 4-9 pm. We’ll be selling UOW and IWW merch, we’ll 
 >  > have a raffle with Urban Ore surprises, and there will be food, drinks, and 
 >  > entertainment.
 >  > 
 >  > Best, Bernadette King Fitzsimons _____________________
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