[PEN-L:11739] What You Can Do

[Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some folks have written off-list asking what they could do to help the UPS
strikers.  Here is a list of ideas, to which you can add your own.

1.  Circulate news of the strike to friends and coworkers.
2.  Raise funds to contribute to local strike funds.
3.  Organize people to go to the picketlines.
4.  Bring food and soft drinks to pickets.
5.  Get other organizations to adopt resolutions of support; mail them to
the media and UPS (copies to IBT)
6.  Help form a coalition to sponsor a united solidarity rally.
7.  Use the strike as an opportunity to raise the profile of the plight of
contingent workers.
8.  Write letters to the editor; call in to talk shows;
     and contact electronic media to protest biased publicity and news coverage.
9.  Ask the IBT local in the your area what kind of help they need.
10. Don't wait to be asked to start organizing solidarity.
11. Bring other contingent workers into the struggle.
12. Talk to coworkers about the issues at stake; take them to the picketlines.
13. Express yourself to scab drivers. Let them know the public opposes their
strike-breaking.
14. Encourage UPS customers to contact management urging them to settle.