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Fellow Workers, Fellow Students, and Community Members,

On Monday, March 12th, at 10:00 AM, wobbly temp workers (EWIU620-IWW) at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business will confront management and present demands calling for health care access, wage improvements, full-time work status, and an electable/recallable manager, among other job-site improvements. This move brings to fruition a months-long, under-the-radar campaign being carried out by University of Michigan employees and the IWW to organize temporary workers and the unrepresented at the University of Michigan; A campaign greatly assisted by the contributions of the university chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, who are conducting a labor solidarity effort organize students on campus (many students being temp workers themselves) in support of the campaign.

As part of that campaign, we in the IWW and in UM-SDS are asking other groups around the country for some much needed solidarity. When we present our demands on management tomorrow, we are starting a nation-wide call-in and email-in to try and add a little more pressure to the pot and bring the boss to the negotiating table.

The following scripts have been prepared for the email/phone-in, and can similarly be adapted for email as well. Feel free to make adjustments as needed, but remember to remain cordial, as we are trying to pressure them to the negotiating table, not alienate them. If you can send an email and make a call, you’ll contribute twice as much.

Please address emails supporting the campaign as follows :
TO: [1] edadams@umich.edu
CC: [2] rjdolan@umich.edu, [3] cvisel@umich.edu, [4] greendan@umich.edu, [5] christyk@umich.edu

Please address your phone calls to :
1 734 763-6614

–[PHONE/EMAIL SCRIPT SNIPPET]—
Hi

My name is [INSERT NAME] and I am a student at [INSERT SCHOOL].

I’m calling today to express my support for University of Michigan workers, the temps organizing campaign, and more specifically, the job branch of the Education Workers Industrial Union at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

The organizing drive is being closely observed internationally and workers both on the inside and students in the community are providing updates on the campaign daily.

I urge you to meet the temps at the bargaining table and begin negotiations. I’ll be following the campaign closely as it progresses.

Thank you.

–[SNIP]—-

You can follow the campaign through the action blog — http://isupportthetemps.blogspot.com