Come join the Michigan Laborers' as they picket Sandborn Construction at Michigan State University.
Meet up: 6:45am on the corner of Kalamazoo and S. Clippert St near the Nature Walk (near the Steakhouse and Admiral Gas Station)
Picket Location: On the Corner of Birch Rd and Shaw Lane (near the Breslin Center)
Picket Time: 7am - 2pm
If you can't make it first thing in the morning, come join us whenever you can.
Picketers will receive a free orange Laborers' T-shirt!
Contact me if you have any additional questions...see you there!
Solidarity!
Jon Byrd
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Comrades,
We must come out and support Laborers Local 499 in their struggle against Sandborn Construction! Laborers 499 have gone on strike several times against the non union Sandborn Construction and the use of non union labor by the University. Students groups and unions such as the Young Democratic Socialists and Graduate Employees Union have played a big role in helping the Laborers win their previous fights, and now is not the time to stop.
Organized labor as a whole as been under constant attack during the last 8 years of the Bush regime, and especially in our State due to the auto crisis. With the Employee Free Choice Act coming to Washington within the year, unions will soon be under more pressure from the far-right and big business. Supporting our brothers and sisters on the picket line now will help us develop ties to labor, and let them know they still have allies on campus for their current and upcoming fights.
In Solidarity,
-Peter
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