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Point Ruston developer Mike Cohen shuts down sales office to escape protest
Posted July 25th, 2008 by AnonymousRather than face the giant inflatable rat and educating JwJ activists, Mr. Cohen suddenly closed his condo sales center and ducked into hiding for a day. Potential clients were left outside a locked gate taking leaflets from us and listening to the risks of buying million-dollar condos on the Asarco toxic waste site that was the sole domestic producer of rat poison.
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Point Ruston Sales Center Shut Down
Posted July 25th, 2008 by Anonymous
Point Ruston Sales Center Shut Down
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Union Busting at the Port of Tacoma
Posted February 27th, 2008 by AcumenschSecurity guards trying to unionize at the Port of Tacoma are threatened with termination if they do not accept the union that the company chooses for them. This video features an interview with a worker who was fired earlier this month.
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Anti-Union Firing, Picket Line Staged
Posted February 24th, 2008 by AcumenschTACOMA - on Thursday February 21st a picket line was staged at the Port of Tacoma APM terminal to push the administration of Maersk, the largest ship supply vessel in the world with its North American headquarters in Tacoma, and Securitas, its contracted security department, to free its workers from strict union controls which led to a union organizer's firing earlier in the month.
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Living Wages and Worker-Affordable Housing
Posted February 2nd, 2008 by AcumenschThe greater community and SDS addressing the lack of living wages and worker-affordable housing while expensive condos are being built to gentrify downtown Tacoma. Filmed at the Tacoma Pierce County Public Health Department.
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Maersk Picket!
Posted February 2nd, 2008 by AcumenschIndymedia video about a unionizing solidarity action at the Port of Tacoma.
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