#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] New Era Windows Cooperative Is Open for Business in Chicago http://truth-out.org/news/item/16301-new-era-windows-cooperative-is-open-for-business-in-chicago Meet the takers: They took over their factory, they took on their bosses, they took the initiative to form a worker cooperative and today they’re taking the wraps off a brand-new worker-owned company: New Era Windows. It opened May 9 in Chicago. The workers in this story are members of the same workforce who, when they received word that their plant was about to be closed with no notice at what was then the Republic Windows and Doors factory in 2008, occupied their plant and became a cause celebre in a grim winter of mass layoffs. When they were laid off again in early 2012, by a second owner, they…http://www.twitpic.com/cqf5vx
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Community activists rekindle Occupy the Farm in Gill Tract at Albany http://www.dailycal.org/2013/05/12/community-activists-occupy-and-plant-new-urban-farm-in-the-gill-tract/ More than 100 community activists occupied and farmed a portion of university-owned research land in Albany this weekend in the latest iteration of the Occupy the Farm movement. The group assembled to oppose recent proposals to develop the southern portion of an Albany plot of land known as the Gill Tract, owned by the Regents of the University of California. The proposals suggest developing the lot into a senior housing complex and a national chain grocery store, Sprouts Farmers Market. Occupy the Farm activists said they would rather see the land developed into a urban farm that could be used t…http://www.twitpic.com/cqeweb
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 'Bhartiya Kisan Union workers occupy toll plaza, demand DND be toll-free http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Bhartiya-Kisan-Union-workers-occupy-toll-plaza-demand-DND-be-toll-free/articleshow/19968031.cms Around 100 BKU members forcefully occupied Noida toll plaza of DND Flyway on Thursday and allowed vehicles to ply without paying toll for around half an hour to protest levy of toll on users of the flyway. The protestors vacated the toll plaza after administration and DND (Delhi-Noida-Delhi) management urged them to end their demonstration and participate in discussions on the issue… RELATED: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bku-workers-occupy-noida-toll-plaza-demand-dnd-be-tollfree/1113614/http://www.twitpic.com/cph8yv
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Students say Chancellor David Ward's remoteness drove them to occupy his office http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/pat_schneider/students-say-chancellor-david-ward-s-remoteness-drove-them-to/article_a17d3d26-b2d2-11e2-a85b-0019bb2963f4.html Students who occupied the UW-Madison chancellor's office Monday say they just want to be heard. They say they felt pushed into their extreme action because interim Chancellor David Ward has ignored two official findings that labor practices at the Milwaukee factory that makes Palermo’s Pizzas sporting Bucky Badger logos violate the university’s Code of Conduct for licensees. Both the Worker Rights Consortium, a labor rights monitoring organization of 180 affiliate universities that Ward had UW-Madison join more than a decade ago, and a campus shared governance committee on licensing po…http://www.twitpic.com/cnr0v3
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Settlers Occupy Monastery, Raise Israeli Flag http://www.imemc.org/article/65344 On Friday, April 19, a group of extremist Israeli settlers occupied a Christian Monastery in a Palestinian village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and raised an Israeli flag over it. Speaking to the Maan News Agency, Father Aziz Ra’ey stated that the setters forced their way into the monastery and the chapel in the Palestinian village of Taybeh, near Ramallah, and raised an Israeli flag. RELATED: http://www.eurasiareview.com/19042013-settlers-raise-israeli-flag-over-west-bank-church/http://www.twitpic.com/cl2l7b
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Brazilian Indians occupy Congress in land protest 19 April 2013 http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9172 As Brazil marks its annual ‘Day of the Indian’ today, hundreds of Brazilian Indians of various tribes invaded and occupied part of the country’s Congress this week, to protest at attempts to change the law regarding their land rights. The Indians are outraged about a proposed constitutional amendment that would weaken their hold on their territories. They fear that ‘PEC 215’, by giving Congress power in the demarcation process, will cause further delays and obstacles to the recognition and protection of their ancestral land. The Indians say they will not stop protesting until the planned amendment is …http://www.twitpic.com/cl1ikn
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Sussex comes to an end as police move in http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/occupy-sussex-comes-to-an-end-as-police-move-in-8556987.html The student occupation at Sussex University has officially ended, after bailiffs and police escorted the remaining students out of the building. Following tensions that emrged after a national demonstration last week, police presence on campus today was heavy – with dog units, police and riot vans all spotted parked around the campus. Around half the protesters left voluntarily, with a crowd amassing around the occupied building, Bramber House. Calls for support and solidarity were posted on Twitter by the Occupy Sussex team as those leaving the occupation were joined by supporters. A second wave of occupiers ex…http://www.twitpic.com/cgjmpp
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Thousands of employees occupy Bank of Cyprus headquarters http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/03/27/295370/cypriots-occupy-bank-of-cyprus-hq/ Thousands of employees of the Bank of Cyprus have occupied Nicosia headquarters to protest at a restructuring deal within the EU bailout, fearing that the merger could result in job cuts. The Tuesday demonstration came after the country’s largest commercial bank announced plans to take over Laiki Bank, the island’s second largest bank also known as Cyprus Popular Bank. “If their only goal right from the start was to destroy the banking sector of Cyprus then it looks like they found the way. After Popular Bank it will be us and even worse after that,” said Bank of Cyprus employee Panicos Stelaianou. This …http://www.twitpic.com/cezcgj
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Church-state activists occupy Argentine cathedral http://www.necn.com/03/12/13/Church-state-activists-occupy-Argentine-/landing_nation.html?&apID=cba7c5475f8742b98ad278800d914a43 About 150 Argentines protesting city subsidies for Roman Catholic schools invaded the Buenos Aires cathedral and occupied it for four hours of raucous drum beating. Tuesday's takeover forced the cancellation of a special Mass in honor of the Vatican conclave to elect a new pope. Buenos Aires provided 2 million in subsidies to private schools of all types last year. Related: http://www.theprovince.com/life/Buenos+Aires+cathedral+occupied+rowdy+protest+against+city/8086455/story.htmlhttp://www.twitpic.com/cavw1d
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Sussex University students occupy second building http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/feb/28/sussex-university-students-occupy-building More than 200 people take over lecture theatre in medical school in dispute over privatisation of campus services Hundreds of students have occupied a second building at Sussex University as part of an escalating dispute over the privatisation of campus services. More than 200 people took over a lecture theatre in the medical school in a bitter dispute that is now entering its third week. In May the university announced it was to sell off some campus services, meaning 235 workers will be transferred to private companies from August. The move provoked an angry backlash from some students and staff, 50 of whom occu…http://www.twitpic.com/c7mr2q