tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13801090559870283152024-02-18T18:01:36.575-08:00IWW 570Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-80382602086408035512017-01-04T14:08:00.001-08:002017-01-04T14:08:19.610-08:00January 20th Rise Up Against Trump! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z6aFtPKsmuOAJwvJ3k20W3MshtVn4BofrbSoKrMDatPo-ooqta5IClb14-mR49fmrkoz21Dww6sWhpCfMkopBPoszzE7XXNN6Fkp_Lri03CVvyWyq839KnvvXWkepQuOcsLYzDKkNB4/s1600/scranton+united+against++trump+flier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z6aFtPKsmuOAJwvJ3k20W3MshtVn4BofrbSoKrMDatPo-ooqta5IClb14-mR49fmrkoz21Dww6sWhpCfMkopBPoszzE7XXNN6Fkp_Lri03CVvyWyq839KnvvXWkepQuOcsLYzDKkNB4/s400/scranton+united+against++trump+flier.jpg" width="308" /></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">January 20th, 2017:<br /> </span><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No work. No school. No business as usual. Rise up against Trump! </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">On January 20th 2017 Donald Trump and his reactionary cabal will take
office. We must resist this dangerous regime. We have seen their
values. They rose to power on a platform of hate and division. They will
continue this as they take hold of every branch of the U.S. government.
If history is any guide, we know that once they are fully in power they
will go on the offensive. They will seek to silence all dissent. They
will seek to continually divide us to make us fearful and weak. We are
neither. We are united and strong. This is a struggle for the type of
world in which we want to live - a struggle for humanity against
barbarism. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl"><br /> <br /> If we do not act now, it will be too late. If we
let them take the reins of the state without any resistance they will
think that they have won - that they have a mandate. They do not. We are
the majority. We hold the greater power of collective resistance and
collective solidarity. We are humanity. We will win!<br /> <br /> Join us for a rally and march at 12:00 noon at Courthouse square as we inaugurate our resistance.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">We say:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to attacks on <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">workers</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">r</span>acism</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span>exism</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">h</span>omophobia/transphobia</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">x</span>enophobia and mass deportations</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">r</span>eligious bigotry </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">No to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">n</span>eo-liberalism </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">Instead we say: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">Yes to a united working class! </span><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl"><br />Yes to racial justice!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">Yes to solidarity! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">Yes to humanity! <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">Speaker<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s TBA</span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03308476467013938277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-62973071859174081172016-12-01T09:05:00.001-08:002016-12-03T15:47:39.035-08:00NEPA IWW Calls for Nationwide Mass Direct Action January 20th<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:RelyOnVML/>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkf2L61o-7a1g1gzcu-Lo209JIVn5Tqqq5k_nlmhqKgWf9suERgiKbvXuzCVzjt5iTRtokaERobEC6aEEMKaVAbT_5_FkxD6-IhWLUqHsDyZmWqOYTS41M6QMUtZOPPYpzLz9crxjFpLM/s1600/TA_General+Strike_Sabo+Cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkf2L61o-7a1g1gzcu-Lo209JIVn5Tqqq5k_nlmhqKgWf9suERgiKbvXuzCVzjt5iTRtokaERobEC6aEEMKaVAbT_5_FkxD6-IhWLUqHsDyZmWqOYTS41M6QMUtZOPPYpzLz9crxjFpLM/s400/TA_General+Strike_Sabo+Cat.jpg" width="258" /></a></div>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:DoNotShowComments/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="371">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The Northeast Pennsylvania Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
stands in strong opposition to the reactionary and authoritarian forces
that are on the rise in many parts of the world including the United States.
These reactionaries will take control of the US government on January 20th
with the inauguration of Donald Trump. These forces seek to divide the working
class and turn worker against worker for the benefit of those that have the
most wealth and power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not new.
We have seen this over and over again throughout history – from Franco’s Spain,
Nazi Germany and the era of Thatcher and Reagan. Each of these regimes
viciously attacked labor, immigrants and all others that opposed them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We vow to fight this latest upsurge of
reactionary forces together as a united working class seeking our
liberation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We refuse to see our fellow
workers as enemies regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion,
immigration status or nationality. We believe in the slogan: an injury to one
is an injury to all. </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">On January 20<sup>th</sup> 2017 Donald Trump and his
reactionary cabal will take office. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
must resist this dangerous regime. We have seen their values. They rose to
power on a platform of hate and division. They will continue this as they take
hold of the U.S. government. If history is any guide, we know that once they
are fully in power, they will attack organized labor and every perceived enemy very
soon after. They know that we, the workers that run society, are one of the
few obstacles to their agenda. We need to take this opportunity to show our
unity and our strength.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We call for mass
action across the nation and the world on January 20th to resist these dangerous forces</b>. We
will organize resistance in our workplaces, our communities and in the streets.
We call on all people to do the same. Take action to resist this rising tide of
reactionary authoritarianism. Organize a walkout at your school or workplace.
Call in sick. Take to the streets. Together, we will place our bodies upon the
gears of the machine of hate and force it to a stop. As the Trump regime
consolidates power and fills all the seats of the state with yes-men and
cronies, the power of popular resistance is the only power we have left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The IWW has been doing this for more than110 years and we will continue to fight for the liberation of the working class. </span>This
is a struggle for the type of world we want to live in - a struggle for
humanity against barbarism. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">If we do not act now, it will be too late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we let them take the reins of the state
without any resistance they will think that they have won - that they have a
mandate. They do not. We are the majority. We hold the greater power of
collective resistance and collective solidarity. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are humanity. We will win! </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Scranton <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">w</span>e will be gathering at 12:<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">00 noon for a rally and march <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in Courthouse <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">S</span>q<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ua</span>re. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Join <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">u<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in this show of solidarity<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03308476467013938277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-77516342902410488502016-06-04T18:51:00.001-07:002016-07-13T21:31:24.435-07:00NEPA IWW Delivers A Message to Wendy's: We Want Fair Food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13346556_481446232066653_8337292050537239367_n.jpg?oh=0ac547a56b170707d74dc2f665f2650c&oe=580A9A0C" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13346556_481446232066653_8337292050537239367_n.jpg?oh=0ac547a56b170707d74dc2f665f2650c&oe=580A9A0C" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">On Saturday, members of the Northeast Pennsylvania Industrial Workers of the World (NEPA IWW) picketed on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton in support of <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/23/coalition_of_immokalee_workers_targets_wendys">a nationwide Wendy's boycott due to farmworker abuses.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Jon Christiansen, an IWW delegate and faculty at Marywood University, and Branch Secretary Treasurer Brendan <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Regan </span>delivered a letter to the Wendy's restaurant manager asking him to pass it along to his district manager, which he agreed to do. Throughout the lunch hour, the picket persuaded more than a dozen customers to leave the restaurant in support.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">As of March 3rd 2016, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has declared a consumer boycott of Wendy's due to the company's refusal to sign on to their Fair Food Program. Not only has Wendy's refused to sign on with the groundbreaking program to address decades-old farm labor abuses, but the company also stopped sourcing their tomatoes from Florida altogether, opting instead to source their tomatoes from Mexico, where the widespread denial of human rights in the produce industry was the subject of <a href="http://graphics.latimes.com/product-of-mexico-camps/">an in-depth expose by the Los Angeles Times just one year ago. </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Instead of joining the Fair Food Program and its widely-acclaimed, uniquely successful worker-driven model of social responsibility, Wendy’s released a new supplier code of conduct this past January that contains no effective mechanisms for worker participation or enforcement. Wendy’s new code represents the very worst of the traditional corporate approach to social responsibility driven by public relations concerns rather than the verifiable protection of human rights.
The Northeast Pennsylvania IWW supports the CIW and their boycott, and calls on Wendy's to sign on to the Fair Food Program in order to guarantee basic human rights for farmworkers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">ABOUT THE FAIR FOOD PROGRAM: The Fair Food Program, created by the Presidential Medal-winning Coalition of Immokalee Workers, is a groundbreaking partnership among farmworkers, Florida tomato growers, and fourteen major food retailers, including McDonald’s, Burger King, and Walmart, heralded as “the best workplace-monitoring program” in the US on the front page of the New York Times. Participating retailers agree to purchase exclusively from suppliers who meet a worker-driven Code of Conduct, which includes a zero-tolerance policy for slavery and sexual harassment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Retailers also pay a “penny-per-pound” premium, which is passed down through the supply chain and paid out directly to workers by their employers, doubling the piece rate workers receive per pound picked. Since the Program’s inception in 2011, buyers have paid over $20 million into the FFP. In 2015, the Program expanded for the first time beyond Florida to tomato fields in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and New Jersey, and in the 2015-2016 season, the Fair Food Program expanded to two new Florida crops, strawberries and bell peppers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">For an overview of the boycott campaign, check out this Democracy Now! segment:<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="240" src="http://www.democracynow.org/embed/story/2016/2/23/coalition_of_immokalee_workers_targets_wendys" width="427"></iframe></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGtT56Pl-02oocOnjftCyY6y7A9adkRIY5c1p3W_YrQxYOhwnke8O0mvWtA30Qr9OW6u0cdbx1Q_nRJjXdsj-UfaKVVX-P2D81hNbQWB-Ldl_Zb1wU-JPAe8WkS6RbDUFtfZ9yBFFcxz6/s1600/20160604_122904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGtT56Pl-02oocOnjftCyY6y7A9adkRIY5c1p3W_YrQxYOhwnke8O0mvWtA30Qr9OW6u0cdbx1Q_nRJjXdsj-UfaKVVX-P2D81hNbQWB-Ldl_Zb1wU-JPAe8WkS6RbDUFtfZ9yBFFcxz6/s640/20160604_122904.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgha5iBlUB3JD2zhnDy9hV-RBxgc-g3TUro70S8FKa8iPqSwwkn-WCjxDttToGddV1CMWh52EZyXoZ25X4lBxwpk7epFsGK7PlhZKtFMveggnVnl6J6SONiKs9hkJ4S63yn2qfwmjlsp749/s1600/20160604_123002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNmJZ6F2U5jpSKYWI9J9Yd00CRITLZkb_Dj0dSYD0F942ljaelq1hHiBGtDLw10nyCJKisghLcvVZTsmYJvwrvoYw5sQaJOOx5XWVwgueRfpVfKsdpLQCb-bPdXpJKKbXaZtSfqaNYqXD/s1600/20160604_123448%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNmJZ6F2U5jpSKYWI9J9Yd00CRITLZkb_Dj0dSYD0F942ljaelq1hHiBGtDLw10nyCJKisghLcvVZTsmYJvwrvoYw5sQaJOOx5XWVwgueRfpVfKsdpLQCb-bPdXpJKKbXaZtSfqaNYqXD/s640/20160604_123448%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-68434597207351443582016-05-01T18:33:00.002-07:002016-05-01T18:50:06.895-07:00NEPA Wobblies Celebrate May Day in Scranton<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="371">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:107%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The
Northeast PA IWW celebrated International Workers Day with a spirited march
through the streets of Scranton. The <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span>arch was led by local Wobblies and
authors, Margo and Marnie Azzarelli. They guided marchers through important
historical spots in labor history, including the site of a major clash between capital’s
reactionary forces and striking workers in which four striking workers were
killed. Marchers also stopped by the Verizon building, which is currently being
struck by nearly 40,000 workers trying to protect their jobs against corporate
greed. The march ended with a rally in front of the John Mitchell statue in
Courthouse Square <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">here</span></span> workers discussed the need to continue the struggle
for workers rights, including the struggle to increase the minimum wage in
Pennsylvania, which has one of the lowest minimum wages in the region. </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOHON9D2ee6omn5rUOK1mSnLxvvGKVmpr6mc_OifK4J1wrQLNhLCZpGnYbhEC1DWUSaXPsV6yR8QWA2KKKUTKTbde0a3Wkl9XZWYfA4QfSRk7MjwGhlMNV0Bvy1F9X19iv8-PtG-xmxA/s1600/May+Day+2016+Rally+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOHON9D2ee6omn5rUOK1mSnLxvvGKVmpr6mc_OifK4J1wrQLNhLCZpGnYbhEC1DWUSaXPsV6yR8QWA2KKKUTKTbde0a3Wkl9XZWYfA4QfSRk7MjwGhlMNV0Bvy1F9X19iv8-PtG-xmxA/s640/May+Day+2016+Rally+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxzmkmnTgfeYGg2qN7mLgvAM_sijMaoivrmURk7mntj-bsp4sYhUl4GP-Ovlri5yYY6RoGQyrZ-T0Fl58Z8-j1mwE7SsCUZFWQB7dHiMrS2Jx3sNVjv6LBApMQJ2w-P_jCclzBGVZxuU/s1600/May+Day+2016+Rally+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxzmkmnTgfeYGg2qN7mLgvAM_sijMaoivrmURk7mntj-bsp4sYhUl4GP-Ovlri5yYY6RoGQyrZ-T0Fl58Z8-j1mwE7SsCUZFWQB7dHiMrS2Jx3sNVjv6LBApMQJ2w-P_jCclzBGVZxuU/s640/May+Day+2016+Rally+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03308476467013938277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-64869209664217899002016-04-22T18:46:00.001-07:002016-04-22T18:58:33.612-07:00Scranton May Day 2016<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Join the NEPA IWW This May Day!</span></span></h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71T47MlomxTSE55_nFoCn6WOsXDGlOsxL7p3Cc7IQWrlJh06bv_NB9CMf64hgMyta4E5h8PofEKeun_a2Mlj6Rz03rsaiki29YZvrbBBBT_yvfitg-VGUL5hZTAj3ejVi_Tv6OMILVSQ/s1600/May-day-photo-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71T47MlomxTSE55_nFoCn6WOsXDGlOsxL7p3Cc7IQWrlJh06bv_NB9CMf64hgMyta4E5h8PofEKeun_a2Mlj6Rz03rsaiki29YZvrbBBBT_yvfitg-VGUL5hZTAj3ejVi_Tv6OMILVSQ/s400/May-day-photo-18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Northeast Pennsylvania IWW will be celebrating May Day with a march in downtown Scranton. We will be leading the march around downtown Scranton, visiting important sites in local labor history.</span></span><br />
<br />
<h3>
When and Where?</h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />The march will start at <u>1:00 PM on May 1st at the Scranton Iron Furnaces on Cedar Ave</u> and end at the John Mitchell statue on Courthouse Square with a few stops (approx 0.4 miles one way). We will be holding festive signs and banners supporting workers’ rights. Afterward, there will be snacks and refreshments.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<br />Why May Day?</h3>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />On May 1st, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in 13,000 businesses across the United States walked off their jobs on strike demanding shorter hours and the eight hour day. After company police shot into crowds of unarmed strikers in Chicago and workers retaliated, eight labor organizers were arrested and four were convicted and executed, known as the Haymarket Martyrs. Each year, millions of workers around the world celebrate May Day as the real labor day.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Feel free to download and distribute our <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6HFpaUwmZiuZjRBeFJLb2V0SG8">fliers (PDF)</a> for the event to friends, family, and co-workers!</span></span>379012http://www.blogger.com/profile/05683038243157212603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-85918116712338598842016-04-22T11:55:00.000-07:002016-04-22T11:57:52.701-07:00Getting Trade Readjustment Allowance for Shalefield Workers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNenBOEONbJqC88oHIVpAT-lEy3HAcV8BGqePFNencwQ4NUvXvh0AqySiEFKQM6iPFJ5kk8lgUR_ghDWkz3BgICRLqkkakPstN5vHF3TG74-eE-vRzhC52cKqQRnmF-QBhaL2RCGTE89L_/s1600/one-big-union-iww-poster-tshirt-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNenBOEONbJqC88oHIVpAT-lEy3HAcV8BGqePFNencwQ4NUvXvh0AqySiEFKQM6iPFJ5kk8lgUR_ghDWkz3BgICRLqkkakPstN5vHF3TG74-eE-vRzhC52cKqQRnmF-QBhaL2RCGTE89L_/s320/one-big-union-iww-poster-tshirt-3.jpg" width="219" /></a></div>
<i><span style="color: #666666;">Alex Lotorto is a union delegate for Northeast Pennsylvania IWW and Shale Gas Program Coordinator for Energy Justice Network. Contact information: <a href="mailto:alex@energyjustice.net">alex@energyjustice.net</a>, 570-269-9589</span></i><br />
<br />
In 1974, The Trade Adjustment Act was passed, establishing a benefit for workers separated from their jobs due to foreign trade, Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA). <a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/docs/program_brochure2014.pdf">Here is a brochure from the Department of Labor with an overview of the program (Link)</a>.<br />
<br />
The TRA benefit has been modified over the years, but currently includes extended unemployment benefits (normal unemployment compensation only extends 26 weeks), free retraining, relocation assistance if workers find jobs outside of their area, an Obamacare credit to purchase health insurance, and assistance to workers over 50. <a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/2015_amend_benfits.cfm">See here for specifics (Link)</a>.<br />
<br />
It's not ideal and is a pittance compared to what workers were compensated before the downturn in shale gas production driven by both overproduction in North America and foreign imports of oil from OPEC nations. However, in lieu of any sound just transition policy to help energy sector workers after boom and bust cycles like the one we're facing nationally, TRA is worth pursuing.<br />
<br />
For any shalefield workers who need an ally or assistance in applying for TRA benefits, the Northeast Pennsylvania Workers' Help Line is accessible to support this effort:
<b>(570) 478-3IWW or (570) 478-3499. </b>Petitioners may receive assistance in preparing the petition at their local American Job Center, by contacting the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. at <b>202-693-3560 </b>(Main Number).<br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="e0rg1" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
<span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-text="true">I took some time today to research the possibility of shalefield workers obtaining Trade Readjustment Allowance and found many recent decisions denying workers across the country laid off due to the downturn in production. </span></span></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
<span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-text="true">The Department of Labor finds in most of the cases that:</span></span></span></span></span>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"the investigation revealed that imports of crude oil, natural gas,<br />
or NGLs did not contribute importantly to worker separations.<br />
Aggregate United States imports of crude oil, natural gas, or<br />
NGLs did not increase during the same period of time in which<br />
United States production of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs<br />
were decreasing (2014 compared 2013 and January through May<br />
2015 compared to the corresponding 2014 period). The<br />
petitioner's allegation of the price of oil falling did not<br />
correlate to an increase in aggregate United States imports of<br />
crude oil, natural gas, and/or NGLs while United States<br />
production of crude oil, natural gas and/or NGLs was<br />
decreasing."</blockquote>
<span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-text="true">
</span></span></span>
<br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="e0rg1" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<blockquote>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<span data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Sample Denials:</span></span></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
Cyclone Drilling, Wyoming:</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91234">https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91234</a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
Horizon Energy Services, Oklahoma:</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91181">https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91181</a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
Schlumberger, Oklahoma:</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91173">https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91173</a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
Baker Hughes, Pennsylvania:</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=81706">https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=81706</a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
Precision Energy Services, Pennsylvania:</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
<a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91033">https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91033</a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mpkg-0-0">
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<span data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0"><span data-text="true">However, </span></span>I found one application from the shale gas era where 45 workers were certified and approved for TRA at Cimmaron Energy.
</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="e0rg1" data-offset-key="a99tc-0-0">
<blockquote>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a99tc-0-0">
Cimarron Energy, Oklahoma:</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a99tc-0-0">
<a href="https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91046">https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taadecisions/taadecision.cfm?taw=91046</a></div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales<br />
and/or production of oil and gas separators by Cimarron Energy<br />
have decreased absolutely.<br />
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of<br />
articles like or directly competitive with the articles<br />
produced by Cimarron Energy have increased in 2015 from 2014<br />
levels.<br />
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because<br />
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group<br />
separations and sales/production declines at Cimarron Energy.<br />
Conclusion"</blockquote>
I don't think the investigations in the denial cases adequately included the interrelatedness of pipelines, rail infrastructure, and oil & gas production with Canada, which drives down prices and production in the United States. There should also be more investigation into how OPEC imports displace production and refining domestically that I feel the Department of Labor is overlooking.
</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amh3m-0-0">
<br />
In closing, I believe that it would be worth a shot for laid off workers in the shale gas and shale oil industries to start applying for TRA benefits. It's a short application, with no penalty for applying.<strong> It's important that they allege that foreign imports of oil and gas have caused the downturn and supply information to the Department of Labor with their application. DOL employees are not trained energy economists and could probably be swayed, as in Cimarron Energy's case, to approve benefits for workers who desperately need them.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
Contact the Northeast Pennsylvania Workers' Help Line is accessible to support this effort: <b>(570) 478-3IWW or (570) 478-3499</b></div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="e0rg1" data-offset-key="4h4md-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4h4md-0-0">
</div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="e0rg1" data-offset-key="95vvd-0-0">
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-22050992210371685762015-04-24T16:54:00.000-07:002015-04-24T16:54:57.575-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsclQUOx2U4C5AcLt_Ns1k9GADgG8w41ZjdJeaPK230Bv5Uhw8yyPF5r3088KdJkbt8CmLSXCfPjlF009ZEfl19Z6Dhw46-phWXcA1CAhEGa8lpsWTQ89NLrNHFN0EgTMPh8G6Pi7alwp_/s1600/JCPennymeme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsclQUOx2U4C5AcLt_Ns1k9GADgG8w41ZjdJeaPK230Bv5Uhw8yyPF5r3088KdJkbt8CmLSXCfPjlF009ZEfl19Z6Dhw46-phWXcA1CAhEGa8lpsWTQ89NLrNHFN0EgTMPh8G6Pi7alwp_/s1600/JCPennymeme.jpg" height="492" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Friday, April 24th is the two year anniversary of the the factory collapse at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh that killed 1,134 apparel workers and injured more than 2,500 who labored in sweatshop conditions. <br /><br />JCPenny, Walmart, Mango and Zara sourced clothing from Rana Plaza and have not yet donated to the victim relief fund. This week, under global pressure, Children's Place donated $2.5 million to the fund, setting an example that other chains should follow.<br /><br />This afternoon, members of the Northeast Pennsylvania Industrial Workers of the World participated in a global day of action to demand justice for Rana Plaza workers. <br /><br />We delivered a letter to JCPenny at the Viewmont Mall in Dickson City, asking the store manager to forward it on to corporate headquarters. Shoppers were impressed and supportive.<br /><br />One hundred years ago, northeast Pennsylvanians labored in similar sweatshop conditions as silk mill owners from Carbondale to Hazleton exploited children as young as 12 working six-day, fifty-seven hour weeks.<br /><br />In 1910, federal investigators in Scranton found that more than 30 percent of girls between thirteen and sixteen were working for a living and five thousand children under sixteen working in the silk mills throughout Pennsylvania.<br /><br />In 1901 and 1907, thousands of boys and girls working in the silk mills throughout northeast Pennsylvania, empowered by IWW co-founder Mary "Mother" Jones' organizing here, led strikes for better pay and conditions. <br /><br />Inspired by the successful Lawrence Strike and the ongoing Paterson Silk Strike, in February 1913, 1,200 silk workers in Hazleton, mostly young women, went on strike and voted to join the IWW. Organizers were arrested, including nine young striking women who were accused of attacking older men with clubs and stones who were going to work as scabs. The young women shouted as they were dragged away, "Iron bars cannot stifle our freedom!"<br /><br />Globalization of the textile industry shuddered the mills here and opened them in the Global South, where corporations could exploit the absence of labor protections like workplace safety. <br /><br />The letter read, "April 24, 2015 – Global Day of Action: Remembering Rana Plaza<br /></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: large;">Dear JCPenney Store Manager:<br /><br /> We are writing to you with serious concerns regarding JCPenney’s refusal to pay full and fair compensation to workers and families who were impacted by the <br /><br />Rana Plaza building collapse of April 24, 2013, the deadliest disaster in the history of the global garment industry. We ask that you listen to the survivors and victims’ families who are simply asking for justice for the hardworking people that produced your apparel in Bangladesh.<br /><br />The families of the 1,138 workers who lost their lives and the 2,500 injured survivors have suffered deeply as a result of JCPenney’s refusal to provide full and fair compensation. Even those who survived without much physical injury continue to struggle with trauma and economic destitution, including unemployment, homelessness, lack of proper healthcare, and the inability to afford an education for their children and siblings.<br /><br />JCPenney can easily afford to pay the compensation still needed to complete the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund, in order to ensure that the injured workers and families of the deceased don’t have to wait any longer for the compensation owed to them. <br /><br />We expect that our sentiments will be shared directly with your headquarters.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Industrial Workers of the World - Northeast Pennsylvania General Membership Branch</span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-69795402740078669432014-05-09T17:43:00.001-07:002014-05-09T17:43:21.309-07:00Wobblies in the Northeast PA Silk Mills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjny2sIeVaPR4E0K_EfMUpMZ08MDEwmmNPgygF4gCyri0x-bXgEEXiVi0z-vXiK8sCDSaHU9nIb7NflaYeliZaVDWeHR9wwPhjnYrM-B9h-Zv0AJLpCew0z89rXlA55fFriEgC20UhEHJ-k/s1600/10354756_219053731639239_7186966536349994988_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjny2sIeVaPR4E0K_EfMUpMZ08MDEwmmNPgygF4gCyri0x-bXgEEXiVi0z-vXiK8sCDSaHU9nIb7NflaYeliZaVDWeHR9wwPhjnYrM-B9h-Zv0AJLpCew0z89rXlA55fFriEgC20UhEHJ-k/s1600/10354756_219053731639239_7186966536349994988_n.jpg" height="316" width="400" /></a></div>
<span class="userContent">[Klotts Throwing Mill, Carbondale PA, where children as young as 12 worked six-day, fifty-seven hour weeks.]<br /> <br /> In 1905, the state factory inspector found that 41,140 factory workers in Pennsylvania were minors age thirteen to sixteen. <br /> <br /> In 1<span class="text_exposed_show">901
and 1907, thousands of boys and girls working in the silk mills
throughout the Wyoming Valley in northeast Pennsylvania, empowered by
IWW co-founder Mary "Mother" Jones' organizing here, led strikes for
better pay and conditions. <br /> <br /> The Scranton Republican reported on
July 25, 1907: "The main question in the trouble is the time. Ten and a
half hours in a hot mill on a sultry day is more than any child of
tender years can endure, the strikers claim."<br /> <br /> For Pennsylvania,
the 1910 census listed 3,721 boys under sixteen working in the
anthracite mines, 3,247 boys under sixteen working in the coal breakers,
and more than five thousand children under sixteen working in the silk
mills. In Scranton, federal investigators found that more than 30
percent of girls between thirteen and sixteen were working for a living.
<br /> <br /> Inspired by the successful Lawrence Strike and the ongoing
Paterson Silk Strike, in February 1913, 1,200 silk workers in Hazleton,
mostly young women, went on strike and voted to join the IWW. Organizers
were arrested, including nine young striking women who were accused of
attacking older men with clubs and stones who were going to work as
scabs. The young women shouted as they were dragged away, "Iron bars
cannot stifle our freedom!"<br /> <br /> Police repression and their
conservative parents, clergy, newspapers, politicians, and the
pro-management United Mine Workers' leader John Mitchell dissuaded the
children from opposing the bosses during the strike, allowing the
pro-management United Textile Workers union to take root and negotiate
"the worst contract" IWW leader Elizabeth Gurley Flynn had ever seen. <br /> <br /> Here is an excerpt from Their Fathers' Daughters: Silk Mill Workers in Notheastern Pennsylvania 1880-1960: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8C7l9u-tCRLbTFoTkxRaTlhT00/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8C7l9u-tCRLbTFoTkxRaTlhT00/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-69871037412196378402014-05-09T17:37:00.001-07:002014-05-09T17:38:08.516-07:00Mother Jones and the Arnot Strike in Tioga County 1899-1900From the Mother Jones autobiography: In 1899 in Arnot PA, a great coal strike of miners, their families, and northeast Pennsylvania farmers, fueled by the fiery speeches of IWW co-founder Mother Jones, won every demand from the defeated coal company, despite evictions from company houses and abuse by the Tioga County Sheriff.
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />Link: <a href="http://www.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/5">http://www.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/5</a><br />
<blockquote>
"I selected as leader an Irish woman who had a most picturesque appearance. She had slept late and her husband had told her to hurry up and get into the army. She had grabbed a red petticoat and slipped it over a thick cotton night gown. She wore a black stocking and a white one. She had tied a little red fringed shawl over her wild red hair. Her face was red and her eyes were mad. I looked at her and felt that she could raise a rumpus.
I said, “You lead the army up to the Drip Mouth. Take that tin dishpan you have with you and your hammer, and when the scabs and the mules come up, begin to hammer and howl. Then all of you hammer and howl and be ready to chase the scabs with your mops and brooms. Don’t be afraid of anyone.”
Up the mountain side, yelling and hollering, she led the women, and when the mules came up with the scabs and the coal, she began beating on the dishpan and hollering and all the army joined in with her. The sheriff tapped her on the shoulder.
“My dear lady,” said he, “remember the mules. Don’t frighten them.”
She took the old tin pan and she hit him with it and she hollered, “To hell with you and the mules!”
He fell over and dropped into the creek. Then the mules began to rebel against scabbing. They bucked and kicked the scab drivers and started off for the barn. The scabs started running down hill, followed by the army of women with their mops and pails and brooms."</blockquote>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-30575286940672652762014-04-26T15:12:00.000-07:002014-04-28T15:24:35.414-07:00NE PA Social Services<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-226841183801263933">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/images-simple-print/images-medium/wake-up-and-join-the-iww-recruitment-everett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://fineartamerica.com/images-simple-print/images-medium/wake-up-and-join-the-iww-recruitment-everett.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a></div>
<b>CareerLink (state-run job hunt service)</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cwds.pa.gov/cwdsonline/Admin/ViewHomePage/PublicHomePage.aspx?Emj6tPX5rDCTnTA2qj3AZYtyikeSGaxNY1C1CaPXQj9dGEpMrQP7oZySoCBpcT4tgHpwjHnvrx58GFjYfJh1cykaliX7KT3F4oSVWVZO@VI-BtNpIvhnqrCf9ZYTK8gkeRZBcG6Lm7o3fVVgRTfGGCRSzULdpBIk"><b>Online Services</b> (including job search)</a> </li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.cwds.pa.gov/cwdsonline/Admin/ManageServiceLocations/SearchServiceLocations.aspx?Gbk2TlfWmDwUQ_b3jFAKgWEBDk6Ss3Z5iTpmHANqR6RoaJDpTpJfo@xCz@5hak0EtTwh9IKptkmlC4XtU6rzupFspoRj0OU9AvcIR3DnJwk3wtrUhs9z">Find an Office Near You </a></b><a href="https://www.cwds.pa.gov/cwdsonline/Admin/ManageServiceLocations/SearchServiceLocations.aspx?Gbk2TlfWmDwUQ_b3jFAKgWEBDk6Ss3Z5iTpmHANqR6RoaJDpTpJfo@xCz@5hak0EtTwh9IKptkmlC4XtU6rzupFspoRj0OU9AvcIR3DnJwk3wtrUhs9z">(for job coaching, resume help, training)</a><b><br /></b></li>
</ul>
<b>PA Government Jobs</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b><a href="http://www.scsc.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/civil_service_home/9164">PA Civil Service Commission</a></b><a href="http://www.scsc.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/civil_service_home/9164"> - (schedule exams, skilled state government jobs)</a><b> </b><b><br /></b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/jobseekers/11372"><b>All PA Government Jobs</b></a></li>
</ul>
<b>Use <a href="https://www.compass.state.pa.us/compass.web/CMHOM.aspx">COMPASS</a> to apply online for these services:</b><br />
<b>Health Care</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/healthcaremedicalassistance/index.htm" target="NewWindow">Medical Assistance (Medicaid/Medicare)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.chipcoverspakids.com/" target="NewWindow">CHIP (health and dental insurance for children)</a> </li>
</ul>
<b>Other</b> <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/cashassistance/S_001312" target="NewWindow">Cash Assistance</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/heatingassistanceliheap/S_000960" target="NewWindow">Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/supplementalnutritionassistanceprogram/D_000639" target="NewWindow">SNAP (Food Stamps)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/healthcaremedicalassistance/longtermcareservices/index.htm" target="NewWindow">Home and Community Based Services</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/dpworganization/officeoflongtermliving/S_001665" target="NewWindow">Long Term Care</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/AboutLunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf" target="NewWindow">School Meals</a></li>
</ul>
<b>Homeless Shelters</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/county.cgi?county=Lackawanna-County&state=PA"><b>Lackawanna County </b>(Scranton area) </a></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=Wilkes%20Barre&state=PA">Luzerne County</a></b><a href="http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=Wilkes%20Barre&state=PA"> (Wilkes-Barre area)</a><b> </b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/county.cgi?county=Lycoming-County&state=PA"><b>Lycoming County </b>(Williamsport area) </a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380109055987028315.post-75273061035869644622014-04-26T15:11:00.000-07:002014-04-28T15:22:17.498-07:00Common Problems For Workers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://voicesoflabor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/iww.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://voicesoflabor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/iww.jpg" height="400" width="317" /></a></div>
<h2 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name headline">
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>IWW Local 570 delegates are available to assist you with any issue
related to your job or unemployment, whether you are a union member or
not. Call our help hotline (570) 478-3IWW or (570) 478-3499 and leave a
message with your name, number, and brief description of your issue. We
will return your call shortly.</b></span></h2>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7160858939224842265">
<span style="font-size: small;">
<b>Wages & Hours -</b><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">If you feel that your employer has stiffed you on a paycheck or is having you work for time that goes unpaid, you can <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=553573&mode=2">file a wage complaint with the PA Department of Labor & Industry.</a> The US Department of Labor also has a division in Wilkes-Barre, where you should submit a copy of your complaint: </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<span data-si="true"> US Department of Labor - Wage & Hour Division </span><br />
<span data-si="true"> 7 North Wilkes Barre Blvd. Stegmaier Bldg. Suite 373M </span><br />
<span data-si="true"> Wilkes Barre, PA 18702-5284 </span><br />
<span data-si="true"> Phone: (570) 826-6316 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243) </span><br />
<br />
<b>Contractor Misclassification - </b><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">If you are classified as an independent contractor, but receive full
direction from your employer when completing daily tasks, use your
employer's tools, equipment, or offices, do not own a business, and are
not a traditionally exempt tradesperson like a freelancer or performer,
you may actually be an employee according to state and federal law. </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Don't let your boss get away with denying your rights and paying his taxes! Workers can call the <b>PA Bureau of Labor Law Compliance at 800-932-0665</b> and report the situation.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">In 2011, construction workers were <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=953319&mode=2">granted special protections against misclassification</a> in Pennsylvania. Misclassified construction workers should <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=1041938&mode=2">fill out this form</a> if they feel they are misclassified as contractors. </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<b>Harassment & Discrimination - </b><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You have a right to report sexual harassment or discrimination on the job to the <a href="http://www.phrc.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/phrc_home/18970">PA Human Relations Commission</a> and the federal <a href="http://www.eeoc.gov/">Equal Employment Opportunities Commission</a>. If you are filing a complaint, it is to your benefit to file with both the state and federal commissions.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<b>Unemployment Compensation - </b><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You have a right to unemployment compensation, generally, if you are
an employee who is laid off due to lack of work, unjustly fired, or if
you quit for a compelling reason like unsafe working conditions or
mistreatment. If you are separated from your job in northeast
Pennsylvania, you should <b>file an unemployment compensation claim with the Scranton unemployment compensation service center by calling
570-565-3048</b>. </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">If you are denied for any reason, you should write "I disagree with
the decision" and send the Notice of Appeal form in immediately. You
will be assigned an appeal hearing date and are entitled to
representation. If you are low income, you can receive free
representation for your claim by <a href="http://www.palegalaid.net/resources/clients/legalhelpfinder">contacting North Penn Legal Services</a>. If you do not qualify for their free legal aid, contact our hotline <b>(570) 478-3IWW or (570) 478-3499 </b>and we will either arrange free representation for you or help you prepare to represent yourself. </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<b>Workers Compensation -</b><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">If you are hurt at work, you can receive workers compensation to pay
for lost time and doctor visits. You should file your claim right away
by calling 800-482-2383, the PA Workers Compensation Claims Helpline. </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">It is best to pursue workers compensation with an attorney
representing you because it gets complicated. If you are low income, try
<a href="http://www.palegalaid.net/resources/clients/legalhelpfinder">contacting North Penn Legal Services</a> for free legal aid. If you do not qualify, contact our hotline <b>(570) 478-3IWW or (570) 478-3499 </b>and we will either help you find representation in your area or help you prepare to represent yourself. </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<b>Workplace Safety - </b><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">If you find an unsafe work environment, you can contact state and
federal agencies to request an investigation. Safety's no accident!</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span>
<br />
<ul>
<li><h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">Occupational Safety & Health Administration - </span></h3>
</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<span class="blackBoldTen"> Wilkes-Barre Area Office</span> </span></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7160858939224842265">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <span class="blackTen">The Stegmaier Building, Suite 410<br />
7 North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard<br />
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-5241<br />
(570) 826-6538<br />
(570) 821-4170 FAX</span><br />
</span><br />
<ul>
<li><h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">
PA Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety - 717-787-3806</span></h3>
<h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h3>
<h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h3>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com