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Free Speech TV Staff Goes Union
by From Press Release
Friday, Feb. 06, 2004 at 1:33 PM
ghq@iww.org
Free Speech T.V. staff, who help to broadcast Democracy Now!, want a taste of democracy themselves, and have demanded recognition of their union, IWW I.U. 560.
MEDIA ADVISORY: February 6, 2004
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Free Speech TV Staff Goes Union
BOULDER, CO Employees of the Boulder, Colorado-based Free Speech TV
network announced today that they have joined the Industrial Workers of the
World union, and are asking management to voluntarily recognize the union.
More than two-thirds of Free Speech TV employees are now members of the
IWW's Communications, Telecommunications and Computer Workers Industrial
Union 560.
"We are proud to be a part of a union with such a long commitment to free
speech, and to defending the rights of all workers," said Alex Fountain,
Free Speech TV's Technical Director. The IWW waged a series of free speech
campaigns across the American West in the early decades of the 20th century,
establishing through direct action many of the rights American workers now
take for granted.
Free Speech TV staff currently awaits a response from management on whether
the nation's oldest progressive television station will officially recognize
the new union and enter into contract negotiations.
The mission of FSTV is to strengthen movements for social and economic
justice and therefore the workers expect the organization's President will
welcome their announcement. They anticipate a timely response as to whether
management will recognize Free Speech TV's new union. A press release with
full details will be sent out shortly.
For more information on Free Speech TV please visit: http://www.freespeech.org
For more information on the Industrial Workers of the World: http://www.iww.org
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