A-Infos (en) Anarchist Agitation Among Boston Janitors

["Flint" <flint@mobtown.org>]

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Two weeks after ending a 23-day strike that attracted national
attention (where strikers disrupted traffic with marches of up
to 2,000 union members and supporters, engaged in civil
disobedience, and trashed the insides of buildings), Boston
janitors ratifed a five-year contract on November 9th. The
trustees of the janitors' union, Service Employees Local 254,
called the settlement a victory. Yet many janitors expressed
anger and disappointment with the agreement that they say locks
them into five years of stagnant wages. In a week-long
ratification process, fewer than 800 janitors out of the
eligible 12,000 voted.

Anarchists, who have played an active support role throughout
the
jantiors' strike, have begun to distribute copies of the
following bi-lingual agitational leaflet during shift changes at
various buildings throughout Boston...

JANITORS!

The SEIU strike is over. But the struggle continues. If you want
to keep on fighting for improvements on the job, but are tired
of being sold out by union bureaucracy, here are some
suggestions for things you can do:

1) Solidarity: This is most important. Stand up for your fellow
workers. Don't let the bosses or union bureaucrats get between
you and your comrades. No snitching!

2) Slow-down: You "won" a shitty contract. Might as well enjoy
it. Do the minimum work required. Take a lot of breaks.
Everybody call in sick together.

3) Sabotage: An effective means of bringing the bosses to their
is to break the equipment necessary to do the job. This brings
work to a halt and causes the bastards a lot of financial grief.

4) Wild-cat strike: You don't need the union leadership or
anyone else but yourselves to go on strike. Organize among your
fellow workers and strike again!

5) General strike: When we all stand together, we can take back
our power from the bosses and bring this exploitive system to an
end.

The working class united and self-organized has the power to
create real justice!

For Workers' Self-management and a better future against bosses
and union sell-outs!


In Solidarity, NEFAC-Boston P.O. Box 230685 Boston, MA 02123
http://www.nefac.net


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