July 11, 2011
Jimmy John's Workers UnionIn response to a local member of the Industrial Workers of the World’s (IWW) Jimmy Johns Workers Union being fired last week for union organizing, the Grand Rapids IWW is organizing a picket to demand that he be reinstated…
July 09, 2011
IWW Jimmy John's Workers UnionThe Grand Rapids Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) has just passed along word that an IWW organizer was fired from a Grand Rapids Jimmy Johns restaurant for union organizing. In response, the IWW is organizing a…
July 02, 2011
Good Morning Revolution LogoGood Morning Revolution is the group that organizes the monthly Really, Really Free Markets. While the group started in 2008 as part of an effort to expand their work, it’s activities had ebbed over the past year or so…
June 24, 2011
Bartertown Diner Open SignThe worker-owned and collectively run restaurant Bartertown Diner & Roc’s Cakes has opened in downtown Grand Rapids. The restaurant—which features vegan, vegetarian, and raw foods—is affiliated with the Industrial Workers of…
June 11, 2011
June 11: Solidarity with Marie Mason and Eric McDavidThis year, June 11th has been dubbed an “International Day of Solidarity” with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid, and other long-term anarchist prisoners. From the organizers: June 11th began as an…