USW National Day of Action

By IFL

Join local union activists for a Home Depot informational picket on Saturday, September 29, 2007. 

7,000
United Steel Workers (USW) forestry workers are fighting for their
lives in British Columbia. Since January of 2005, 65 workers have been
killed.  An average of 25 workers are killed each year in the coastal
forestry industry of British Columbia. 

On July 21, 2007 about
7,000 loggers and mill workers went on strike at more than 30 companies
in the forestry industry on the coast of British Columbia in Canada. 
This strike is about worker safety and job security, not economic
issues.

The companies want: the right to impose long and
unpredictable hours for work,  the right to contract out more union
jobs, and to be able to avoid paying negotiated severance benefits to
workers.

Please consider supporting these striking USW workers
by participating in “informational” pickets at a Home Depot store.  The
three actions scheduled in Iowa are listed below and additional
information is included in the attached pdf. file.

*Saturday, September 29 10:00 a.m. to noon 4900 SE 14th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
*Saturday, September 29 10:00 a.m. to noon 920 Middle Road, Bettendorf, Iowa.
*Saturday, September 29 10:00 a.m. to noon 3101 Manawa Center Drive, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Thank you for your support of these striking USW workers.  For more information call 515-953-0783.