Other actions the local JwJ group has been involved with include:
- A highly successful solidarity campaign to help the Alaska Airlines flight attendants win a union contract after the airline had threatened to fire the attendants and hire 1,000 replacement workers. The attendants got a good contract.
- JWJ led a demonstration against a "Free Trade" banquet held last year in Seattle to celebrate passage of the North American Free Trade Treaty. The JWJ protesters non-violently seized the podium, forcing the dinner to be canceled. According to Rosenblum, "The dinner to celebrate NAFTA was an abomination in our community here in Seattle. Fundamentally, NAFTA is about pitting US workers against Mexican workers in a contest both are bound to lose."
- Together with the United Farm Workers and other community groups, JWJ helped organize a march to the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville. The demonstration was called to support the demand of the winery workers to be allowed to conduct a union election. More than 400 of the marchers sat in at the gates to the winery, backing up traffic "as far as the eye could see," according to Rosenblum. Chateau Ste. Michelle finally agreed to an election, and the farmworkers recently voted to unionize.
JwJ has plans to continue its hell-raising. "Our mission is to be a mobilizing arm in the movement for social and economic justice," says Rosenblum.
Having trouble with your boss? Why not give Jonathan a call? I bet he'd like to hear from you. For more info, contact Jonathan Rosenblum at (206) 448-7348.
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