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[OPIRG-EVENTS] Organizing unions workshop, Sept. 15, Industrial Workers of theWorld (fwd)
You are invited to participate:
Organizing Industrially, Organizing Everyone
Organizing Unions
with the Industrial Workers of the World
9:30 - 4 pm, September 15, 2001
211 Bronson St., Bronson Centre
Register for this free workshop by calling 565-3394.
Only 30 spots available. Presentations will be in
English.
Special Guests:
Gina Giazzoni, Philadelphia IWW organizer of the ACORN
union drive
Jerry Kovacs, Canadian Association of University
Teachers (CAUT) labor lawyer
9 am: Registration
9:30 am: Workshop
Gina Giazzoni, speaks on the IWW organizing drive at a
non-profit workplace, the Association for Community
Organizations Now (ACORN)
Jerry Kovacs breaks down the steps of union drives in
Ontario labour law
Questions on labour law.
10:20 am: Coffee/tea break. Bring your own cups!
10:30 - 12:30 Organizing drive participatory workshop
John Hollingsworth, IWW Ottawa-Outaouais, facilitator.
Learn the basics about certifying your workplace,
forming an organizing committee, signing union cards,
documenting grievances, boss tricks, dealing with
harassment and intimidation, building solidarity.
12:30-1:30 Lunch break
1:30 - 2 Review morning session: suggestions,
questions and answers.
2-2:30: Discussion: Organizing industrially,
organizing everyone.
What does organizing with the IWW mean? The members
speak.
2:30 - 3:30 Organizing workplaces and industries in
Ottawa. Break-out groups by industry.
3:30 Wrap-up discussion.
7 pm: Potluck dinner at the IWW Ottawa-Outaouais
“union hall”, 49 Lorne Ave./crosses with Albert St.
near LeBreton Flats 565-3394.
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