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WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
JUSTICESPEAKSMarchApril2018
theJusgtceE-ZineBlack Workers For Justice online report back amp newsletter Black Workers For Justice is a Black workersrsquo organization that fights for justice and workers power in the workplace and in the community The US South is the
base of Black people in the US amp a critical region in the US amp World Economy The majority of Black people are workers and are in the South Rebuilding the Black
Liberation Movement by working together led by Black workers to build institutions amp groups for power and to take collective action on all fronts like
environmental racism amp health
REMEMBERINGTHESACRIFICEOF
REVDRMARTINLUTHERKINGJR
50thanniversaryoftheassassinationofMLKwhilesupportingMemphissanitationworkerson
strikeforworkersrsquorights
WEDNESDAYAPRIL4201812Noon
BloomerHillCommunityCenter10065US301NorthWhitakersNC
ldquoFightfor$15Hr(AtLeast)aUnionandHealthCareAsAHumanRightrdquo
SponsoredbyCarolinaAutoAerospaceampMachineWorkersUnion(CAAMWU)
UELocal150
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Food amp Farm Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Student amp Youth Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration amp Political Prison Activists Calling All Housing Activists
Stacey Rodgers International Longshore Workers Union Local 10
Key Organizer 2015 Bay Area ShutDown Demanding End Racist Terror
Other demands were $15 hour For All Collective Bargaining Rights for All
Health Care For All Quality Education Is A Human Right
Expand Voting Rights Chair 2015 Police Brutality Cmmtee
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
We break bread together at the MLK Banquet Lets move things together at the Activist Brunch
POST - BANQUET ACTIVISTS BRUNCH amp DISCUSSION SUNDAY APRIL 8 11-1pm
World Cultural Center 4200 Lake Ridge Dr Raleigh
Stacey Rodgers MLK Banquet Keynote Angaza Samora Mayo-Laughinghouse -
CHAIR NC BLACK LIBERATION ASSEMBLYHIP HOP 4 JUSTICE
Keith Bullard - Fight For $15 Krystal Rountree - Muslim amp Prison Activist
WHAT are the battles wersquore bringing to the National Assembly WHY are they important to link up with others to build a strong fist (program) WHO are the other fighters we can bring WHAT are the DEMANDS we want to be a part of a National Program
sponsored by Black Workers For Justice 2529074443 bull 9192312660
wwwblackworkersforjusticecom blackworkersforjusticegmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
35thMartinLutherKingSupportforLaborBanquetAwards
JuliusLChambersCenterforCivilRights
LegalAdvocatesAward
KeithBullardCarolinaWorkersOrganizingCommittee
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
BobbyJonesDownEastCoalAshCoalition
WillieRobinsonPittCountyCoalitionAgainstRacism
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
National Assembly for Black Liberation WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdash UNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN
Fri May 18 - Sun May 20 2018
North Carolina Central University Durham NC
Registration Online Is Open
wwwfreedommanifestoinfohtml
Please fill in your details in the registration form and you will be
automatically registered The form must be completed at least six (6) days prior to the Assembly
Advance Registration ends May 12 2018
$25Registration at the Assembly May 12 $40
HOTELHOUSING INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION SITE
Questions Contact us at (919) 876-7187 or Assembly4BLgmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdashUNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Calling All Workers Calling All Freedom Fighters amp Activists Calling All Faiths Calling All Young People Calling All Artists Calling All Writers Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Care Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Women Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration Activists Calling All Housing Activists Calling All Political Prisoner amp Activists Calling All Farm amp Food Activists
ON MAY 18-20 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK LIBERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA TO DISCUSS THE DAFT FREEDOM MANIFESTO AS A UNITY DOCUMENT ALONG WITH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY BATTLEFRONT COMMITTEES BEGIN TO DRAFT A PROGRAM OF ACTION
PLEASE DONATE We appeal to you as fighters in the battlefronts allies supporters human rights activists friends and Revolutionaries to help us by donating to the National Assembly Organizing Committee ndash through Paypal at the BlackActivismorg site
Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent the critical mass of activists and cadre rooted in the many mass battlefronts of the working-class and poor masses able to wage a more conscious coordinated and powerful struggle for radical change This unity would be a catalyst inspiring the struggles of other oppressed working-class and poor people and social movements The UN proclaimed 2015 ndash 2024 as The International Decade for People of African Descent 2018 US elections will also shape a political climate of national discussion debate and actions not only about who to vote for but about the needs and demands of working-class and poor Black and oppressed masses and the need for radical change that brings about an alternative to the capitalist system This period should be period to develop a national and international mandate for Black liberation and radical change mdash- Saladin Muhammad
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Food amp Farm Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Student amp Youth Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration amp Political Prison Activists Calling All Housing Activists
Stacey Rodgers International Longshore Workers Union Local 10
Key Organizer 2015 Bay Area ShutDown Demanding End Racist Terror
Other demands were $15 hour For All Collective Bargaining Rights for All
Health Care For All Quality Education Is A Human Right
Expand Voting Rights Chair 2015 Police Brutality Cmmtee
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
We break bread together at the MLK Banquet Lets move things together at the Activist Brunch
POST - BANQUET ACTIVISTS BRUNCH amp DISCUSSION SUNDAY APRIL 8 11-1pm
World Cultural Center 4200 Lake Ridge Dr Raleigh
Stacey Rodgers MLK Banquet Keynote Angaza Samora Mayo-Laughinghouse -
CHAIR NC BLACK LIBERATION ASSEMBLYHIP HOP 4 JUSTICE
Keith Bullard - Fight For $15 Krystal Rountree - Muslim amp Prison Activist
WHAT are the battles wersquore bringing to the National Assembly WHY are they important to link up with others to build a strong fist (program) WHO are the other fighters we can bring WHAT are the DEMANDS we want to be a part of a National Program
sponsored by Black Workers For Justice 2529074443 bull 9192312660
wwwblackworkersforjusticecom blackworkersforjusticegmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
35thMartinLutherKingSupportforLaborBanquetAwards
JuliusLChambersCenterforCivilRights
LegalAdvocatesAward
KeithBullardCarolinaWorkersOrganizingCommittee
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
BobbyJonesDownEastCoalAshCoalition
WillieRobinsonPittCountyCoalitionAgainstRacism
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
National Assembly for Black Liberation WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdash UNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN
Fri May 18 - Sun May 20 2018
North Carolina Central University Durham NC
Registration Online Is Open
wwwfreedommanifestoinfohtml
Please fill in your details in the registration form and you will be
automatically registered The form must be completed at least six (6) days prior to the Assembly
Advance Registration ends May 12 2018
$25Registration at the Assembly May 12 $40
HOTELHOUSING INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION SITE
Questions Contact us at (919) 876-7187 or Assembly4BLgmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdashUNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Calling All Workers Calling All Freedom Fighters amp Activists Calling All Faiths Calling All Young People Calling All Artists Calling All Writers Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Care Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Women Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration Activists Calling All Housing Activists Calling All Political Prisoner amp Activists Calling All Farm amp Food Activists
ON MAY 18-20 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK LIBERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA TO DISCUSS THE DAFT FREEDOM MANIFESTO AS A UNITY DOCUMENT ALONG WITH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY BATTLEFRONT COMMITTEES BEGIN TO DRAFT A PROGRAM OF ACTION
PLEASE DONATE We appeal to you as fighters in the battlefronts allies supporters human rights activists friends and Revolutionaries to help us by donating to the National Assembly Organizing Committee ndash through Paypal at the BlackActivismorg site
Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent the critical mass of activists and cadre rooted in the many mass battlefronts of the working-class and poor masses able to wage a more conscious coordinated and powerful struggle for radical change This unity would be a catalyst inspiring the struggles of other oppressed working-class and poor people and social movements The UN proclaimed 2015 ndash 2024 as The International Decade for People of African Descent 2018 US elections will also shape a political climate of national discussion debate and actions not only about who to vote for but about the needs and demands of working-class and poor Black and oppressed masses and the need for radical change that brings about an alternative to the capitalist system This period should be period to develop a national and international mandate for Black liberation and radical change mdash- Saladin Muhammad
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
We break bread together at the MLK Banquet Lets move things together at the Activist Brunch
POST - BANQUET ACTIVISTS BRUNCH amp DISCUSSION SUNDAY APRIL 8 11-1pm
World Cultural Center 4200 Lake Ridge Dr Raleigh
Stacey Rodgers MLK Banquet Keynote Angaza Samora Mayo-Laughinghouse -
CHAIR NC BLACK LIBERATION ASSEMBLYHIP HOP 4 JUSTICE
Keith Bullard - Fight For $15 Krystal Rountree - Muslim amp Prison Activist
WHAT are the battles wersquore bringing to the National Assembly WHY are they important to link up with others to build a strong fist (program) WHO are the other fighters we can bring WHAT are the DEMANDS we want to be a part of a National Program
sponsored by Black Workers For Justice 2529074443 bull 9192312660
wwwblackworkersforjusticecom blackworkersforjusticegmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
35thMartinLutherKingSupportforLaborBanquetAwards
JuliusLChambersCenterforCivilRights
LegalAdvocatesAward
KeithBullardCarolinaWorkersOrganizingCommittee
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
BobbyJonesDownEastCoalAshCoalition
WillieRobinsonPittCountyCoalitionAgainstRacism
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
National Assembly for Black Liberation WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdash UNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN
Fri May 18 - Sun May 20 2018
North Carolina Central University Durham NC
Registration Online Is Open
wwwfreedommanifestoinfohtml
Please fill in your details in the registration form and you will be
automatically registered The form must be completed at least six (6) days prior to the Assembly
Advance Registration ends May 12 2018
$25Registration at the Assembly May 12 $40
HOTELHOUSING INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION SITE
Questions Contact us at (919) 876-7187 or Assembly4BLgmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdashUNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Calling All Workers Calling All Freedom Fighters amp Activists Calling All Faiths Calling All Young People Calling All Artists Calling All Writers Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Care Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Women Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration Activists Calling All Housing Activists Calling All Political Prisoner amp Activists Calling All Farm amp Food Activists
ON MAY 18-20 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK LIBERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA TO DISCUSS THE DAFT FREEDOM MANIFESTO AS A UNITY DOCUMENT ALONG WITH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY BATTLEFRONT COMMITTEES BEGIN TO DRAFT A PROGRAM OF ACTION
PLEASE DONATE We appeal to you as fighters in the battlefronts allies supporters human rights activists friends and Revolutionaries to help us by donating to the National Assembly Organizing Committee ndash through Paypal at the BlackActivismorg site
Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent the critical mass of activists and cadre rooted in the many mass battlefronts of the working-class and poor masses able to wage a more conscious coordinated and powerful struggle for radical change This unity would be a catalyst inspiring the struggles of other oppressed working-class and poor people and social movements The UN proclaimed 2015 ndash 2024 as The International Decade for People of African Descent 2018 US elections will also shape a political climate of national discussion debate and actions not only about who to vote for but about the needs and demands of working-class and poor Black and oppressed masses and the need for radical change that brings about an alternative to the capitalist system This period should be period to develop a national and international mandate for Black liberation and radical change mdash- Saladin Muhammad
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
35thMartinLutherKingSupportforLaborBanquetAwards
JuliusLChambersCenterforCivilRights
LegalAdvocatesAward
KeithBullardCarolinaWorkersOrganizingCommittee
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
Self-DeterminationAward
BobbyJonesDownEastCoalAshCoalition
WillieRobinsonPittCountyCoalitionAgainstRacism
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
National Assembly for Black Liberation WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdash UNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN
Fri May 18 - Sun May 20 2018
North Carolina Central University Durham NC
Registration Online Is Open
wwwfreedommanifestoinfohtml
Please fill in your details in the registration form and you will be
automatically registered The form must be completed at least six (6) days prior to the Assembly
Advance Registration ends May 12 2018
$25Registration at the Assembly May 12 $40
HOTELHOUSING INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION SITE
Questions Contact us at (919) 876-7187 or Assembly4BLgmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdashUNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Calling All Workers Calling All Freedom Fighters amp Activists Calling All Faiths Calling All Young People Calling All Artists Calling All Writers Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Care Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Women Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration Activists Calling All Housing Activists Calling All Political Prisoner amp Activists Calling All Farm amp Food Activists
ON MAY 18-20 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK LIBERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA TO DISCUSS THE DAFT FREEDOM MANIFESTO AS A UNITY DOCUMENT ALONG WITH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY BATTLEFRONT COMMITTEES BEGIN TO DRAFT A PROGRAM OF ACTION
PLEASE DONATE We appeal to you as fighters in the battlefronts allies supporters human rights activists friends and Revolutionaries to help us by donating to the National Assembly Organizing Committee ndash through Paypal at the BlackActivismorg site
Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent the critical mass of activists and cadre rooted in the many mass battlefronts of the working-class and poor masses able to wage a more conscious coordinated and powerful struggle for radical change This unity would be a catalyst inspiring the struggles of other oppressed working-class and poor people and social movements The UN proclaimed 2015 ndash 2024 as The International Decade for People of African Descent 2018 US elections will also shape a political climate of national discussion debate and actions not only about who to vote for but about the needs and demands of working-class and poor Black and oppressed masses and the need for radical change that brings about an alternative to the capitalist system This period should be period to develop a national and international mandate for Black liberation and radical change mdash- Saladin Muhammad
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
National Assembly for Black Liberation WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdash UNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN
Fri May 18 - Sun May 20 2018
North Carolina Central University Durham NC
Registration Online Is Open
wwwfreedommanifestoinfohtml
Please fill in your details in the registration form and you will be
automatically registered The form must be completed at least six (6) days prior to the Assembly
Advance Registration ends May 12 2018
$25Registration at the Assembly May 12 $40
HOTELHOUSING INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION SITE
Questions Contact us at (919) 876-7187 or Assembly4BLgmailcom
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdashUNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Calling All Workers Calling All Freedom Fighters amp Activists Calling All Faiths Calling All Young People Calling All Artists Calling All Writers Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Care Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Women Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration Activists Calling All Housing Activists Calling All Political Prisoner amp Activists Calling All Farm amp Food Activists
ON MAY 18-20 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK LIBERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA TO DISCUSS THE DAFT FREEDOM MANIFESTO AS A UNITY DOCUMENT ALONG WITH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY BATTLEFRONT COMMITTEES BEGIN TO DRAFT A PROGRAM OF ACTION
PLEASE DONATE We appeal to you as fighters in the battlefronts allies supporters human rights activists friends and Revolutionaries to help us by donating to the National Assembly Organizing Committee ndash through Paypal at the BlackActivismorg site
Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent the critical mass of activists and cadre rooted in the many mass battlefronts of the working-class and poor masses able to wage a more conscious coordinated and powerful struggle for radical change This unity would be a catalyst inspiring the struggles of other oppressed working-class and poor people and social movements The UN proclaimed 2015 ndash 2024 as The International Decade for People of African Descent 2018 US elections will also shape a political climate of national discussion debate and actions not only about who to vote for but about the needs and demands of working-class and poor Black and oppressed masses and the need for radical change that brings about an alternative to the capitalist system This period should be period to develop a national and international mandate for Black liberation and radical change mdash- Saladin Muhammad
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
WE MUST BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER mdashUNITE TO FIGHT BACK amp WIN On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Calling All Workers Calling All Freedom Fighters amp Activists Calling All Faiths Calling All Young People Calling All Artists Calling All Writers Calling All Labor Activists Calling All Environmental Activists Calling All Health Care Activists Calling All Education Activists Calling All Women Activists Calling All Mass Incarceration Activists Calling All Housing Activists Calling All Political Prisoner amp Activists Calling All Farm amp Food Activists
ON MAY 18-20 THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK LIBERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA TO DISCUSS THE DAFT FREEDOM MANIFESTO AS A UNITY DOCUMENT ALONG WITH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY BATTLEFRONT COMMITTEES BEGIN TO DRAFT A PROGRAM OF ACTION
PLEASE DONATE We appeal to you as fighters in the battlefronts allies supporters human rights activists friends and Revolutionaries to help us by donating to the National Assembly Organizing Committee ndash through Paypal at the BlackActivismorg site
Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent the critical mass of activists and cadre rooted in the many mass battlefronts of the working-class and poor masses able to wage a more conscious coordinated and powerful struggle for radical change This unity would be a catalyst inspiring the struggles of other oppressed working-class and poor people and social movements The UN proclaimed 2015 ndash 2024 as The International Decade for People of African Descent 2018 US elections will also shape a political climate of national discussion debate and actions not only about who to vote for but about the needs and demands of working-class and poor Black and oppressed masses and the need for radical change that brings about an alternative to the capitalist system This period should be period to develop a national and international mandate for Black liberation and radical change mdash- Saladin Muhammad
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Support
ampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampampamp
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HUMAN RIGHT CLEAN AIR amp WATER ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Universal to ALL human beings - no matter who they are where they are on the planet
Human Rights Supersede Civil Rights Human Rights Cannot Be Taken Away
The US is the Greatest amp Most Consistent Violator of Human Rights in the World
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
Durham City Council wants to overturn NC ban on collective bargaining
reprinted from DURHAM HERALD SUNBY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHANMarch 22 2018DURHAM mdash City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a resolution supporting public employees rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
But the workers want more than wordsMayor Pro Tem Jillian Johnson presented the resolution In Support of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights and Rights for Employee Organizations at the councils work session The council will vote on it April 2 as part of the consent agenda where items are typically approved without discussionNorth Carolina state law prohibits public-sector employee collective bargainingNevertheless the resolution includesThat the City of Durham supports the right of all workers including public employees to organize and to collectively bargainThat the Durham City Council calls for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute 95-98 that bans public sector collective bargainingThat Durham City Council urges the Supreme Court of the United States to consider the legacy of Dr King the Memphis sanitation workers and the public benefit created by workers organizing in rendering its decision in Janus v AFSCME Council 31AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees A ruling in the case could determine worker payments of certain union feesAt Mondays City Council meeting members of the UE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union presented proposals for the city budget Theyre also the ones who asked for Thursdays resolution
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITYDaryl Brunson an equipment operator in solid waste services for 12 years and steward of the Durham City Workers Union reminded the council that this is the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workersrsquo strike The 1968 strike protested years of low pay and working conditions and brought Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was assassinatedRomey Gaddy a union steward who works in the citys water management department told the council that the city needs to do a comprehensive survey of its fleet and examine old trucksDonald Quick from Public Works requested a $2500 across-the-board raise rather than merit system raises which he said is not workingUE Local 150 Durham City Workers Union wants the city to allow bulletin boards in each city department where union matters can be posted It also wants employee organizations to participate in new employee orientation and have access to parking lots and non-work areas for membership activities The union also wants safety committees promotions committees union representation in grievance meetings among other thingsMost city union members are in the Public Works Water Management and Solid Waste departments City Manager Tom Bonfield said Thursday that he will take the unions proposals back to staff and report back at a future meetingLabor groups not just the City Workers Union have asked the city for a Durham Workers Commission tooUnion membershipThe nationwide union membership rate in 2017 was 107 percent according to a US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report There were 148 million wage and salary workers in unions a slight increase from 2016 North Carolina has the second lowest union membership rate at 34 percent Only South Carolina is lower with 26 percent of workers in unionsDawn Baumgartner Vaughan 919-419-6563 dawnbvaughan
mdashmdashDurham Workers Assembly
First Thursday every monthThursday April 5 at 6pm
2220 N Roxboro StRSVP on Facebook
_____ mdashmdash_____
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
VIDEO
Cummins Workers at Rocky Mount Engine Plant Fight Discrimination in Health Care
To Get Your RedBlack amp Green IMPEACH Buttons to Distribute contact Ajamu Dillahunt
9197491691
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
SAVE THE DATEUE local 150 NC Public Service Workers UnionBi-Annual Membership Convention Friday August 17 - Sunday August 19Exact location TBA
NEW FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE CD STATE OF EMERGENCY
Tues May 1 is May Day Take Action Show Your Support Longshore Workers Are Leading DEMANDS End police Terror $15hr amp Collective Bargaining Righs For All Medicare (Health Care) For All Quality Education For All Expand Voting Rights
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
BWFJ CHAPTERS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PEOPLES POWERBlack Workers ForJustice blackworkersforjusticecomRaleighTriangle Area PO Box 5574 Raleigh NC 27650 919-231-2660 or 919-749-1691Rocky MountThe East PO Box 1863 Rocky Mount NC 27802 2524428123 or 9192732735 (Larsene)
Bloomer Hill Peoplersquos Health Screening Clinic Bloomer Hill NC Nash County 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2529081460BWFJ Workersrsquo Rights Legal Clinic Mt Zion Christian Church Rocky Mount NC mdash 1st Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm except January July September which are 2nd Saturday 2524428123 or Travis Payne 9198281456 or Mt Zion 2524464688Fremont Area-Wide Peoplersquos Health Clinic Fremont Wayne County NCmdash 3rd Saturday of the month
The Communiversity Abner Berry Freedom Library is beginning to get up and running on a limited schedule the 1st amp 3rd Saturday of the month We have begun shelving boxes of BWFJ Justice Speaks and other Campaign Archival Papers We also do limited hosting of small group film showings amp discussions meetings and small retreats Eastern NCRocky Mount area Black history displays Currently The CommuniversityABFL needs Your help in shelving boxes and database entry Call 2524428123 2523142363 Saladin
BWFJ MEMBERS amp FRIENDS From feedback from the 2017 MLKBanquet BWFJ Activistsrsquo Brunch and past Membership Assemblies we are continuing the Justice Speaks newsletter This is an effort to reach out to our members amp friends to update of the wide scope of work that BWFJ members across the South are doing and battles we are waging We Are One We plan to add videos amp other media to this ldquoJustice E-Zinerdquo but we need YOUR input It needs your 2-3 paragraph report back on work or announcement of upcoming struggles that BWFJ members should help build join or support There is much that needs to be added more political analysis our public statements reports from our workplace bases calendars workshops amp more IMPORTANTLY we need you to pass this on amp get to members without internet Your report or announcement can be emailed to blackworkersforjusticeearthlinknet thecommuniversityicloudcom andor texted to 2529074443
WORKERS POWERUNION RIGHTS bullBLACK LIBERATION bull BUILDING UNITY bull ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE bull SOLIDARITY
The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981
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The CommuniversityAbner Berry Freedom Library amp Workers Center Rocky Mount NC 1st Sat of the month (soon 1st amp 3rd Saturdays) 2524428123 or 2523142363Fruit of LaborWorld Cultural Center mdash4200 Lake Ridge Drive Raleigh NC 27650 919-876-7187 fruitoflaborwccnetscapecomWorld Cultural Center ScheduleMarch 31st Saturday 800pm-1100pm Album Release Party for the artist
DEME brought to you by Broken Wings Music Group for more information and tickets contact Lora Tate at (919) 227-6467
World Cultural Center Schedule (cont) April 2018 5th Thursday 630pm NC Local Black Liberation Assembly Freedom Manifesto meeting call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse at (919) 272-5169 for more info
7th Saturday 500pm sharp Black Workers for Justice 35th Birthday Celebration amp itsrsquo Annual ML King Jr Support for Labor Banquet NC Association of Educations Bldg 700 S Salisbury St Raleigh NC tickets $40 each contact FOLWCC for more and updated information
7th Saturday 900pm-1200am MLK Support Banquet AFTER PARTY AT THE FOLWCC free with ticket from the banquet all other guest - $10 donation
8th Sunday 1100am -100pm Post ML King Banquet Annual Brunch amp Discussion at the FOLWCC - free
FRIENDS amp ALLIESrsquo WEBSITE LINKS CAAMWU Rocky Mount Engine Plant Campaign see UE150
Labor Notes wwwlabornotesorgUnited Electrical Radio amp Machine Workers Union wwwueunionorg
UE Local150 NC Public Service Workers Union ue150org 919-833-1619NC Environmental Justice Network httpsncejnwordpresscom 2523140703
Cooperation Jackson wwwcooperationjacksonorgMuslims For Social Justice muslimsforsocialjusticeorg 9194127008
Carolinas Human Rights Organizing Network (CHRONIC) httpwwwchronicscncorgProject South project southorg 4046220602
Fertile Ground Food Cooperative fertilegroundcoop 9194736962 infofertilegroundcoopHighlander Research amp Education Center highlandercenterorg (865) 933-3443
SpiritHouse spirithouseorg (919) 697-8090NC Raise Up aflcioorgtagnc -raise-up inforaiseupfor15org or call 919-519-1084
Coalition Against Racism 2522581602 9197388981