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Ask Pearl Jam to support striking workers at the Forum!
On July 9-10, Pearl Jam will be performing at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood - where locked out stagehands from IATSE 33, as well as terminated janitors from SEIU 1877 and building engineers from Operating Engineers 501, are picketing.
After 39 years at the Forum, more than 120 workers now find themselves on the sidewalk after having their wages and benefits slashed and the doors to the facility closed in their faces. For years the Forum worked with the unions, bringing good, middle class jobs to the community.
Now we are asking Pearl Jam to support the workers by insisting that the Forum use a union crew for their shows.
Please send a letter to Pearl Jam and their management, asking them to use only union labor as an act of solidarity with the picketing workers.
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Subject: Support picketing workers at the Forum in LA by insisting on a union crew!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
For 39 years, the Great Western Forum worked with unions to provide quality building management, janitorial services, and crews for concerts and events. But two years ago, the Forum's new owners hired SMG, a multi-national corporation, to manage the venue and they promptly went after the workers -- slashing wages and benefits and eventually locking out and dismissing hundreds of workers.
Working people's fight against corporations like SMG won't end at the end of Pearl Jam's second show at the Forum, but you can make a statement against union busting at these venues by insisting on a union crew at the LA Forum.
Is Pearl Jam, with all of its bold political stances, really willing to cross a picket line to support corporations over workers?
Stand up for workers and good, middle class jobs in the community by telling the management of the Great Western Forum that you won't cross picket lines and that's why you want a 100% union crew.
Thank you in advance for your help in this fight!
Sincerely,
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