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Teamsters Fighting for the Future
(one of a 3-segment show)

Chicago CAN TV Cable Channel 19
Thurs., Sept. 6, 9:30 pm
Fri., Sept. 7, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Sept. 13, 9:30 pm
Fri., Sept. 14, 4:30 pm

1. Teamsters Fighting for the Future
On Aug 13. 2007 Union Members of Local 726, with Fighting For The Future Slate, organize a peaceful protest at Teamster City, 300 S. Ashland, Chicago, IL. The video shows how Local 726 members are working to improve their union and to fix a list of problems for city workers. Those issues include: a proposed unfair 10-year contract, loss of healthcare in 6-year, loss of union jobs from privatizations, weak representation by the current union leadership, weak enforcement of seniority rights, weak enforcement of pensions, loss of pension at Brookfield Zoo, unfair onion pay raises and waste of onion funds, unfair union practices.

2. Victory! Cygnus Strike
An extremely significant labor victory, won under the cloud of new threats of stepped-up attacks on immigrant workers. Over 100 workers at Cygnus Corp., all of them Mexican immigrants, went on strike on July 27, despite the fact that they had no union and the majority of them were classified as temporary employees. The company, manufacturer of private-label soaps and owned by Marietta Corp., told them that if they couldn't re-verify their Social Security information they would all be replaced. The workers immediately went on strike, and on August 10, following community support and being backed up by the IAM, they won their demands. With picket line footage and analysis of the victory by Jorge Mujica, of the March 10 Committee.

3. Barack the Bomber
On August 7, 2007 the Democratic Party candidates were in Chicago to hold a national debate at Soldier Field. Barack Obama scheduled earlier in the day a fundraiser at a restaurant in Chicago's Pakistani neighborhood on the north side. Many representatives of the Pakistani community held a protest there, opposing his bellicose pronouncements on invading Pakistan if he were elected President. Obama didn't come out to talk to them or to apologize. Later in the day, at the location for the AFL-CIO-sponsored debate at Soldier Field, anti-war protesters continue to criticize Obama, and Kucinich too. 8 minutes.

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