<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><div><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">A continuación en español)<br><br></span></i>
<p class="MsoHeader"><i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Albertus;">The Militant Labor forum presents:</span></u></i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><font size="5">The
Union Victory by <br>
Meatpackers in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_0">Minnesota</span>:</font> </span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="5"><span style="">An Example in the Fight to Defend and
Organize Unions</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">On January 25 workers at Dakota
Premium Foods rejected a company-backed drive to decertify the union and voted
by a nearly 2-1 margin (152 to 82) to remain organized in United Food and
Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 789.<span style=""> </span>In
the months leading up to the union vote, the Dakota Premium bosses shifted their
hiring practices by bringing in a much larger number of U.S.-born workers,
including workers who are Black, Native American, and white. They also hired
many workers who are on court probation. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The bosses expected that the
changed composition of the workforce would allow them to pit workers against
each other native-born against foreign born, Latino against Black, and that
those on probation would be afraid to take a stand against the company. The opposite
happened—workers defeated the company attempts to divide them. Join a
discussion about this important labor battle.<span style="">
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<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_1">Friday,
February 15, 7:30 p.m</span>.</span></b></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-CO">Militant Labor Forum Hall<br>13 Bennington Street, 2nd
floor, East Boston, MA 02128</span></h2>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="" lang="ES-CO">By train, take the blue
line to Maverick Station and walk down <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_6">Meridian</span> about 5 blocks to <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_7">Bennington</span>,
at the Liberty Plaza intersection.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Albertus;">El Foro “Militant Labor” presenta:</span></u></i></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Albertus;"> </span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">La
Victoria Sindical de los Trabajadores <br>
en un Matadero en <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_8">Minnesota</span>: </span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Un
Ejemplo en la lucha para defender y organizar sindicatos</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="">
</span>El 25 de enero los trabajadores empacadores de carne rechazaron la
campaña respaldada por la compañía Dakota Premium Foods para descertificar el
sindicato y con un margen de dos a uno (152 a 82) votaron a favor de permanecer
sindicalizados y representados por el sindicato de la industria alimenticia
UFCW.<span style=""> </span>En los meses antes de la
votación por el sindicato, los patrones de Dakota Premium cambiaron sus
practicas de empleando una mayor cantidad de trabajadores nacidos en Estados
Unidos, incluso trabajadores negros. También contrataron trabajadores que están
bajo libertad condicional. En los últimos años la gran mayoría contratada por
la compañía eran latinos.<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style=""> </span>Los patrones esperaban que el cambio
en la composición de la fuerza laboral les permitiría crear divisiones entre
los trabajadores. Sucedió todo lo contrario.<span style="">
</span>Participe en un intercambio sobre esa lucha importante.</p>
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<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Viernes,
el 15 de febrero, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_9">7:30 p.m</span>.</span></b></p>
<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><font size="4"><span lang="ES-CO">El local del 'Militant Labor Forum'<br></span><span lang="ES-CO">13 <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_10">Bennington</span> Street, 2do piso, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1202854446_11">East Boston, MA 02128</span></span></font></div>
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