Emergency Appeal – Funds Needed Immediately for IWW Truckers
Submitted on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 3:33pm
As many of you know the IWW has been organizing Truck Drivers in Eastern North
Carolina and Virginia for much of the past year. In response to our growing
power and planned founding convention this upcoming weekend, the bosses have
begun firing the union's leadership. Two log drivers and five container haulers
have lost their job over the past two days.
The union is already
discussing legal and direct action means to fight these unjust firing, but right
now we need funds to support our fired drivers.
These drivers have families
to support and this is a part of the country where economic opportunities are
very limited. Please offer whatever you can, drivers are counting on
you.
Checks can be sent to the Freight Truckers Organizing Committee
at
PO Box 274, Waukegan, IL 60079. Please include "emergency relief" in the
memo line.
We are in the process of setting a PayPal Acct for online
donations. You will be informed as soon as it is ready.
Thank you and
please be generous.
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http://www.iww.org/node/4486
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http://www.iww.org/node/4505