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Statement of Solidarity with Sex Workers for December 17th
The following statement has been co-signed by the NYC IWW, North NJ IWW and Freelance Journalist's Union
In recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, the NYC General Membership Branch of the IWW would like to express solidarity with all people who sell or trade sexual services and to denounce the persistent stigma they face. Sex workers have historically dealt with violence from individuals, employers, and the state. This violence is not only literal and physical, but also economic: sex workers’ quality of life is routinely threatened by policies limiting their access to secure housing, stigma-free medical care, and other critical resources. We also recognize that for BIPOC, trans, and migrant workers, as well as those engaging in survival work, the violence stemming from stigma and criminalization is especially pernicious.
In response, we seek to affirm that sex work is work, and those practicing it deserve our support. The IWW recognizes sex workers across all corners of the industry as members of the working class, and welcomes them into the One Big Union. We offer them our solidarity on this day, and every day. To demonstrate our support, we have compiled a list of resources available to sex workers in the NYC/North Jersey area, which can be accessed via this link: IU690 Resources.
In Solidarity,
The NYC GMB
This statement was drafted by the IU 690 Committee of the NYC GMB. All members of the committee are sex workers themselves, and are available to answer questions about the union and its approach to sex worker organizing. To contact the committee, please send inquiries to nyc_iww_IU_690@protonmail.com.
North NJ Branch Movement for Black Lives Statement
For Immediate Release:
The Northern New Jersey IWW General Membership Branch (NNJ IWW) supports the Movement for Black Lives. We view the uprisings, protests, marches, gatherings, vigils and occupations as a justifiable response to the unjust systems of oppression and policing that put Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in harm’s way at all times. We support the demands and feelings of the leaders and individuals of the Movement for Black Lives and demand abolition of police and an end of the carceral system in New Jersey, The United States of America, and globally.
Organizations that facilitate collective bargaining in the workplace have a duty to demand the safety of all workers within and outside of the workplace, and must recognize that the safety of BIPOC is at a higher risk due to the white supremecist nature of capitalism and the policing system that it formed to protect itself. We call on all working class organizations to leverage any power they have to prioritize the safety of BlPOC.
The NNJ IWW supports any worker who chooses to identify as a supporter of the Movement for Black Lives and demands protection from retaliation that may occur regarding their employment or job place treatment in response to that choice.
The NNJ IWW supports any worker who takes action to refuse labor of any capacity that assists police or the prison industry.
- The NNJ IWW supports the demands of #8toAbolition.
- The NNJ IWW supports the abolition of prisons in NJ, USA and globally.
- The NNJ IWW demands the abolition of Police Unions and the expulsion of police from unions who represent them.
- The NNJ IWW is dedicated to eradicating global anti blackness.
The NNJ IWW aims to focus our community and workplace organizing in the BIPOC community in order to create a movement that is intersectional, resilient and able to make material gains for marginalized members of the working class. The NNJ IWW is an anti-racist, pro working class organization and as such we understand that anti-blackness within organizing spaces is antithetical to our goal of freedom for all working class people. An injury to one is an injury to all.
August 1st, 2020
Northern New Jersey IWW General Membership Branch
P.O. Box 762
Paterson, NJ 07543
nnjiww@gmail.com
Northern NJ IWW Endorses May Day 2020 General Strike!
COVID-19 has ripped through our state, the nation, and the world. The government sits idly by as the working class is decimated by the virus. Thousands of essential workers are getting sick and dying everyday.
Meanwhile, the capitalist parasites are clamoring for businesses to get restarted and open up. There are politicians and CEOs calling for us to literally die for the economy. They want us to sacrifice our grandparents, neighbors, friends to COVID-19 in order for them to make profit off our labor. Landlords are still trying to collect rent from laid-off workers and threatening eviction with no rent relief in sight from local governments. They all totally ignore every epidemiologist, doctor, and nurse saying this would be catastrophic. The mask of capitalism has fully been taken off to reveal its true identity as a death cult.
Our lives have value. We refuse to go back to work and get sick while the bosses and landlords hole up in their mansions and bunkers. That is why our branch has unanimously voted to endorse the General Strike on May 1st, 2020.
We are aware that general strikes have been called frequently throughout the years with little to no organizing behind them. This time feels different. We are seeing a strike wave breakout across the nation and beyond. We are seeing the forces of capital getting increasingly desperate. We are seeing people refuse to return to the wage slavery and neoliberal rot that existed prior to this pandemic. The working class is agitated to a boiling point. The strike is all we have left to save ourselves from being forced back to work. We call on you all to withhold your labor this May Day. Spread the word.
Her War (2015) – Film Screening and Fundraiser
The Central Jersey DSA along with the New Jersey IWW will be hosting a fundraiser Thursday 10/24 @630 PM at the Reformed Church of Highland Park. We will be showing the documentary Her War about the YPJ, the all women Kurdish militia fighting ISIS in Syria. Entry is free but a donation is suggested. Proceeds will go to help people suffering from the recent Turkish invasion of Northern Syria. Food and drinks will be served.