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Donate $10.00 to GDC Local 6

November 15, 2009 Fellow Workers, Ottawa's police and prosecutors know that panhandlers are an easy target. They have no money and little support. This is why panhandlers themselves organized the IWW Ottawa Panhandlers Union in 2004. Since then, panhandlers have been pushing back! And they have noticed the difference. Police know that harassment of union members now has consequences. Pressing charges against organizer Andrew Nellis was a way of trying to immobilize the organization. By withdrawing the charges, the City admitted it had a weak case. But it also knew that Fellow Worker Nellis was saddled with legal fees he could not pay on his own for a case that never even went to court. We cannot allow the authorities to use the costs of defending oneself in the legal system as a weapon against the poorest and most marginalized members of our working class. We need 100 IWW and GDC members to stand up and send $10 to pay the legal defense of our organizer, Andrew Nellis. Be one of the 100 to say that our union stands strong in the defense of the working class on the street. Please send cheques or money orders in any currency directed to ?General Defense Committee?, at PO Box 52003, 298 Dalhousie St., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1S0. You can also pay through www.paypal.com by sending your personal gift to [email protected] or visit our web page http://ottawaiww.org/?page_id=254 to donate using the Paypal button. All donations that exceed our target will be used to establish a dedicated defense fund for the Ottawa Panhandlers? Union, who need our support because no one else gives a damn. In defense of our class, Peter Moore Secretary-Treasurer General Defense Committee Local 6 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) PO Box 52003 298 Dalhousie St. Ottawa, ON K1N 1S0 Canada