Labor Conference this Friday and Saturday, September 16 & 17 Rally Against FBI Repression on Saturday, September 24 Stand Up for Sugar Workers this Friday, September 16

Wednesday, May 25
5:00-7:00pm
Cub Foods near Lake and Minnehaha in Minneapolis

Support the Center of Workers United in Struggle (CTUL)'s hunger strike for retail cleaning workers in the Twin Cities! On Saturday, May 21, retail cleaning workers and allies began an open-ended hunger strike to call on Cub Foods to meet with CTUL and establish fair wages and working conditions for all who clean their stores. They have called on all labor activists to join them on Wednesday, May 25th from 5:00-7:00 at the Cub Foods near Lake and Minnehaha for a solidarity action. AFSCME 3800 will be joining the action after a shortened membership meeting. Our membership meeting will be from 5:15 to 5:45 in 101 Walter Library. We will then caravan to the solidarity action. Supporters are also asked to stop by the hunger strike any time daily from 8am-8pm.

Workers and allies are standing strong and seeking your support to show Cub Foods how important it is to our entire community that cleaning workers win fair wages, working conditions and respect on the job. CTUL organizes low-wage workers from across the Twin Cities to develop leadership and educate one another to build power and lead the struggle for fair wages, better working conditions, basic respect, and a voice in our workplaces. CTUL is an organization of workers and for workers, committed to securing fair working conditions for present and future generations. To learn more about CTUL and the hunger strike, go to www.ctul.net.

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In September the FBI raided the homes of anti-war and international solidarity activists in Chicago and the Twin Cities. 14 people were given subpoenas to appear before a grand jury. In December, 9 more activists in Chicago were subpoenaed to the grand jury.

Whereas, on April 4th, longshore workers joined tens of thousands of workers in more than 1000 cities and towns across the country who heeded the call of the AFL-CIO for 'no business as usual' to show support for embattled Wisconsin workers. These mobilizations were called for April 4 to honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination as he supported Memphis, Tennessee sanitation workers' strike for collective bargaining and dignity forty-three years ago.

Friday, May 27th
Leafleting & picket: 8:30 am
Rally: 10:30-11:30
McNamara Alumni Center, University of MN
200 Oak Street SE, Minneapolis

AFSCME Local 3800, the union of clerical workers at the University of Minnesota, extends our solidarity to our brothers and sisters in AFSCME and all other public sector unions in Wisconsin in your struggle to defend your unions and stop unnecessary concessions.

[Note: The following resolution was adopted unanimously at the October 21, 2010 general membership meeting of AFSCME Local 3800 - University of Minnesota Clerical Workers]

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