[act-ma] Fwd: ALL OUT Nov 9 Solidarity Day with BOSTON SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - 2 MORE FIRED, 664 UNJUSTLY DISCIPLINED - SAY NO! : HANDS OFF the School Bus Union 5!

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> ---------- Original Message ----------
>  From: Team Solidarity <schoolbusunion5 at solidarityweb.com>
>  Date: November 8, 2013 at 2:03 AM
>  Subject: ALL OUT Nov 9 Solidarity Day with BOSTON SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - 2 MORE
> FIRED, 664 UNJUSTLY DISCIPLINED - SAY NO! : HANDS OFF the School Bus Union 5!
> 
> 
> 
>  ALL OUT! NOV. 9 SOLIDARITY DAY with BOSTON SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - VEOLIA HAS
> FIRED TWO MORE UNION LEADERS - Recording Secretary Andre Francois and 3 time
> President Garry Murchison -- AS WELL AS UNJUSTLY DISCIPLINING 864 OTHER
> DRIVERS
> 
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>  Gather at corner of Dorchester Ave. & Hoyt St. -- Outside Veolia Corporation
> 
> 
>  UNITED STEELWORKERS INTERNATIONAL/LOCAL 8751 SAY:
> 
> 
>  ALL OUT! HANDS OFF THE SCHOOL BUS UNION 5! REINSTATE THE FIRED LEADERS! Say
> NO to Veolia/City Union Busting!
> 
> 
>  SAT NOV 9 1 PM
> 
> 
>  SOLIDARITY DAY
> 
> 
>  Labor and the Community: Let’s Unite to drive Union Busting Out of Boston!
> 
> 
>  Join “Solidarity Day” with the “Boston School Bus Union 5” and Local 8751
> 
> 
>  Can't come to Boston? Plan a solidarity action at a Veolia operation near
> you, and email your plans to schoolbus5 at teamsolidarity.org . Send a solidarity
> letter on your organization's stationery to  schoolbus5 at teamsolidarity.org .
> 
> 
>  Download Flyer
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8EBUkLUE5QAgZUDA>
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> 
>  Download Poster
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8EBkkLUE5QAgZUDA>
> 
> 
>  Download City Councilor Yancey's order for a City Council Hearing on Veolia's
> labor practices
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8LAEkLUE5QAgZUDA>
> 
>                  For nearly 40 years, the Boston School Bus Drivers, hard
> working women and men from our communities , have proudly provided safe, on
> time, professional service to the students and parents.   They are parents and
> grandparents of students themselves.  The overwhelming majority are from
> Boston’s communities of color, African American, Latin@ and immigrants from
> Haiti, Cape Verde and Vietnam.  This Union worked hard against Company/City
> racism and to assure that the workforce reflects the diversity of Boston.  USW
> Local 8751 has an exemplary record of fighting and winning some of the best
> wages, benefits, and dignified working conditions for its members, as well as
> providing rock solid advocacy.
> 
>                  Equally important is the fact that throughout it’s over 38
> year history Local 8751 has stood in solidarity with Labor and Community
> struggles for Justice throughout the City, the region, the nation and the
> globe.  They have marched, rallied, picketed in support of NYC School bus
> workers, Verizon telephone workers, postal workers, Teamster dispatchers,
> Union Painters, Columbian Coke-a-Cola workers, and in virtually every labor
> struggle of import since the union’s formation. They aided workers to organize
> into unions from Eastern Bus to Boston taxi drivers and Hotel workers.  From
> day one, the union has fought alongside the community for Equal, Quality
> Education and against efforts to re-segregate the schools. The bus drivers
> stood firm in fighting against school closings and cutbacks and for Safety for
> the Children.  The Union busters think they can destroy this union.  WE WON’T
> LET THEM!
> 
>                  On June 18, 2013 Veolia, a global corporate giant known for
> anti-people, anti-union practices, signed an agreement to honor USW 8751’s
> contract. Since July 1, they have illegally violated nearly every section and
> sought to overturn 35 years of collective bargaining progress. There are
> massive and chronic payroll shortages; overcrowded and untimely routes which
> sacrifice safe, on time transportation; across the board failure to provide
> correct benefits; and a general refusal to abide by the terms and conditions
> of the contract. Nearly 100 individual and class action grievances have been
> filed. In early September, the Union filed charges with the National Labor
> Relations Board.  Still this arrogant company refused to honor the contract.
> 
>                  On Oct 8, the drivers reported to work and requested a
> meeting with Veolia to demand that Veolia honor their contract. This was a
> protected, unfair labor practice activity.  Despite the fact that Veolia’s top
> brass and the top officers of BPS were in the yards from 4:30 AM on, the
> company refused.  Instead, at 11:00 am Veolia initiated an illegal Lock Out of
> the drivers, a violation of the contract and federal law. There never was a
> wild-cat strike on Oct 8, nor any threat of one since.  The fear mongering,
> phony panic forced upon Boston’s parents, orchestrated by the Mayor and BPS,
> is irresponsible and designed to drive a wedge between the union and the
> community.  They will fail.
> 
>                  On Oct. 9, Veolia suspended Vice President, Pension
> Administrator and key benefits advocate Steven Gillis and Chair of the
> Grievance Committee and local founder Stevan Kirschbaum.  Within days, they
> also suspended Recording Secretary and Chief Steward Andre Francois; 3 time
> former Local President and Steward Garry Murchison; and Steward and Local
> founding member Richard Lynch.  The discriminatory targeting of these
> particular leaders represents a calculated effort on the part of Veolia and
> Mayor Menino to break the organizational backbone and infrastructure of the
> union.  On November 1, Gillis and Kirschbaum were fired.
> 
>                  For decades this union has stood with us, Labor and the
> Community.  Now it is time for us to stand with them!  An Injury to One is and
> Injury to all!
> 
> 
>  All out for Solidarity Day Nov. 9th.
> 
>  Say NO to Veolia/City Union busting.
> 
>  Hands off the 5!
> 
>  Reinstate Gillis and Kirschbaum immediately!
> 
>  Go to bostonschoolbus5.org
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8LA0kLUE5QAgZUDA>
>  for updates and information.
>  For more information:
>  tinyurl.com/kyo9hys
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8FCUkLUE5QAgZUDA>
> 
> 
>  How you can support the Boston School Bus Union 5:
> 
>  1. Contact:
> 
>      * Veolia General Manager Alex Roman III: 617-780-4840;
> alexander.roman at veoliatransdev.com
>      * Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino: 617.635.4500, mayor at cityofboston.gov,
> Fax 617.635.2851
>      * and John McDonough, Interim Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools
> 617-635-9050, superintendent at bostonpublicschools.org, fax 617-635-9059.
> 
>  Tell them “Honor the School Bus Drivers Contract! Hand off Local 8751
> leaders!”
> 
>  Send copies to the Committee to Defend the School Bus Union 5  at
> schoolbus5 at teamsolidarity.org
> 
>  2. Hold a solidarity activity, if possible at a Veolia location near you, or.
> 
>  Come to the Boston SOLIDARITY DAY Rally outside Veolia’s corporate offices on
> November 9, 1 PM, Dorchester Ave and Hoyt St., Dorchester, MA
> 
>  3. Send solidarity letters and resolutions to the Committee to Defend the
> School Bus Union 5 at schoolbus5 at teamsolidarity.org
> 
>  4. Send your endorsement of the Committee to Defend the School Bus Union 5 to
> schoolbus5 at teamsolidarity.org..
> 
>  5.  Donate to the support fund. (account being set up.. Go to
> bostonschoolbus5.org or find Team Solidarity on facebook at
> tinyurl.com/d5tntcg
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> labor practices
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8LAEkLUE5QAgZUDA>
> 
>  [2013 ORDER - Hearing regarding Veolia Transportation]
> <http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8ECEkLUE5QAgZUDA>
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>  [2013 ORDER - Hearing regarding Veolia Transportation p2]
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