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ing, the board of directors chose not to accept
the unionization, opting instead to discuss the
issue further in an April 16 meeting.
Jean Blanchard, SASS schools program
coordinator, says, “When we presented the
petition to unionize to the board, there was a
discussion about the legality of the action.”
Trying to avoid the delay of waiting until
April 16, SASS staff filed a petition on April
4 with the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB). The petition will allow NLRB to
conduct an election with the SASS staff
where unionizing can pass without waiting
for approval from the board. According to
Blanchard, the board still has the opportunity
to accept unionization before the NLRB in-
tervention. IWW vounteer/liaison Jeanine
Malito says unionization can be intimidating
to those who don’t understand unions, but
that organizing actually “frees up energy
spent on interpersonal stuff so that [a work-
place] can move forward…”
There are 12 SASS staff positions eligible
to vote on unionizing, but three positions
have been vacated recently due to workplace
tension and dynamics. Talk of unionizing
started in mid-February, and by the first
weeks in March, staff had decided to orga-
nize under IWW. “We felt that our voice as
workers here at SASS was not being heard,”
Blanchard says. “Unionizing is a way for us
to be heard.” — Bobbie Willis
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS
In last week’s calendar, Rahzel was mis-
takenly listed as playing Tuesday, April 8 at
the Annex. Rahzel actually plays Thursday,
April 10 at the Annex, 23 W. 6th St. See
Thursday, April 10 Calendar.
In John Zerzan’s letter to the editor (4/3),
the word “creation” was deleted from one
sentence. It originally read, “They even em-
ploy a Police Commission Creation, the vol-
unteer ‘peacekeepers,’ to enforce conformist
protest.”
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