Upcoming Flying Pickets: Solidarity with Hotel Workers

Let's hold that silver spooned scumbag Gavin Newsom to his word and turn up the heat in boycotting these hotels.

And let's make SF a "scab-free" zone.

See you there.

gifford

My heart was completely in the flying picket I took part in, and the times I met with those on strike this past three weeks. Our reasons for showing our support are completely different than those of Mayor Newsom. He knows that the strike will impact the hotel revenues and the city at large, as it is, after all, a tourist city to visit along with a place to live. It is for that reason that he is doing this, and, as with the gay marriages, he went with the direction of the greater public sentiment. He wants resolution of the strike, and, now, lock-out,because of primarily fiscal imperatives and loss of city revenues. It might be good to articulate in a leaflet just how we differentiate ourselves from politicians such as Newsom, and the common cause we have with those locked out. Certainly the flying pickets have helped the morale of those now locked out, but it saddens me that all this effort is for a somewhat fair union contract. In between the lines is something far more autonomous and revolutionary. I can hear it in their voices and see it in their eyes.

the working poor have the golden chance to get a job that can feed their children. the hotel jobs left by striking unions pay great. and can keep food on the table. the unions work to keep you out of these jobs but now is your chance.

tran says:

"the hotel jobs left by striking unions pay great..."

Prove it. This defies logic. The hotels are trying to cut back on their costs with take-aways from Local 2 workers. Why the fuck would they give lowly scabs a raise?

The main role of scabbing is to drive down wages and break the back of workers' struggles for better conditions. Workers crossing picket lines only accelerates this process. And, given a dose of righteous hatred for the class betrayal of scabs, can be detrimental to their health.

this text should say there's a flying picket this sunday and every sunday, meeting at 7pm at the corner of powell & geary in union square.

Since "low wage" can mean so many different things in so many different places, can someone clue me in as to how much the hotel workers were actually making before this all hit the fan?