International Day of Action to Stop Gap Sweatshop Death Traps
Join the Day of Action!
Gap Shadyside
5436 Walnut St
12 Noon–Friday, June 28
Student activists and unions have declared an International Day of Action to End Deathtraps on Saturday, June 28th. We will take action at Gap and Walmart stores – picketing, flyering, and conducting civil disobedience – to force the companies to take responsibility for the safety of their workers by signing onto a binding safety agreement with unions.
On May 9, the Allegheny County Democratic Committee (ACDC) presented United Steelworker (USW) Steffi Domike the Catherine Baker Knoll Award at the Committee’s Jackson-Jefferson Dinner in Pittsburgh, PA. Domike, a technician in the Education and Membership Development department of the USW headquarters and a member of USW Local 3657, spends endless hours to assist workers in Pennsylvania.
The Catherine Baker Knoll Award is presented annually to women who display exceptional achievement and further the goals of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee.
“We are grateful for your multifaceted work in the arts, academia and advocacy,” said ACDC chair Nancy Patton Mills. “Our ongoing relationship with our brothers and sisters in labor is enhanced by your contributions.”
Since April 11th, workers at Rivers Casino have been standing strong, organizing, and demanding a fair process to form a union. Rivers Casino management has continued its intimidation campaign, flagrantly disrespecting the will of the Pittsburgh community. It’s time to show Rivers Casino we just won’t tolerate intimidation and harassment in this town!
RALLY FOR JUSTICE AT RIVERS CASINO
THURSDAY, MAY 16TH
Rally Starts at 3:30 PM
Members of Local 3657 may participate in this rally during working hours with the permission of your supervisors. Meet in the lobby at 3pm SHARP to walk over to the rally.
5pm, Wednesday May 1–Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Hall
May 1st has been historically linked to international workers’ rights. It started, May 1 1886 when the U.S. Federation of Organized Trade and Labor Unions – which included immigrant workers from all over — ruled that an 8 hour work day, would be a full and legal work day. The ruling class refused, causing riots and the long and even deadly battle to win rights for workers. It wasn’t long before workers from all over the world began protesting and standing up for their rights. While we may think we have secured safe conditions, the promise of a minimum wage and overtime after a 40 hour work week for all working people, the truth is that we have much more work to do. The battle that began between the ruling class and the working class in 1886 is still smoldering today.
Join USW Local 3657 this Workers’ Memorial Day to remember the workers who lost their lives on the jobs and fight like hell for the workers who are still struggling to win safe workplaces.
April 29th, 2013
9:30 am-Memorial for fallen Steelworkers at the USW Headquarters (60 Stanwix St)
12 noon-Allegheny County Labor Council Workers Memorial Day Commemoration in Market Square
