Solidarity Update

Craig Fields — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:43:58 -0400

SOLIDARITY UPDATE

We have seen an overwhelming amount of support from various union locals, businesses, community groups, and private individuals. To all those who have supported us so far, a big IBEW Local 2321 Thank You! Some notable groups to thank are:

Local 22 Laborers, who brought food and drinks to our Saugus line.

Not Your Average Joe’s Restaurant, who brought food to Methuen.

Tina Rainville, of Salem, NH who brought water and snacks to our lines near the NH Border

Lou Mandarini of the AFL-CIO who has delivered food to Danvers

Kate Glidden – Compass Point – donating food and supplies

Tony’s Pizza – Marblehead – 20 pizzas to Danvers Garage

Paul Labrie – donated Little Debbie’s snacks to the Union Office

IBEW 2320 Members at 879 Holt Ave, Manchester - Donated $300 to be dispersed to all picket locations

Andover Finest Painting Co – Mike Bouchard dropped 10 Pizzas and water off at Shattuck Rd in Andover.

Robert Sechrist of Sechrist Financial Services – delivering drinks to the line

Beverly Police Association – donated food- Danvers

Local 3 Bricklayers – supporting us in Andover

Thomas’s English Muffins – brought food to the Billerica line

Shaw’s Distribution Workers - on the line picketing with us every day in Methuen

NBPA Police Union – walking on the lines in Lowell

Dependable Masonry – 73 Concord St., North Reading, 978-664-5453, a small union shop that is letting us use their parking lot.

Tanya from Yellow Trucking on 80 Concord St., North Reading, dropped off a case of water and had Papa Gino’s deliver $100 worth of pizzas at the North Reading Garage… an unbelievable gesture!

CWA Local 6171 – dropped off Gatorade at Shattuck Rd in Andover

Gervais Lincoln-Mercury, Kia in Lowell for their kindness and generosity to all of our picketers at Crosspoint

Bricklayers Local 3 supporting us in Andover

Nolan, Perroni, and Harrington, LLP - Attorneys, 133 Merrimack St., Lowell MA

Joe Currao Landscaping brought coffee and donuts to Andover

Steve Morse, Business Rep, IUEC Local 4, Dorchester

Ed Adley, Business Agent, Teamsters Local 170, Worcester

Nick’s Place delivered pizza to Saugus

Heavenly Donuts Lawrence

Papa Gino’s delivered pizza to us at Saugus Wireless

Meaghan Pike donated to food bank

George K at Heavenly Donuts, Merrimack St., Methuen

Joan Norton, Financial Advisor, Woburn ice cream in Methuen

And our own Local 2321 Retirees, walking the lines with us, and bringing food and water

And these people refused to cross our picket lines:

DHL at Crosspoint Towers

UPS at Crosspoint Towers

A Cleaning Lady at the Dracut Garage

Dynamic Mobile Repair at the Saugus Garage

Carrier – Lawrence CO

FedEx in Dracut

Allied Waste – Dracut

GCR Fleet Services of Lowell - Dracut

Sullivan Tire - Danvers

Thank you for your support! We won’t forget!

Unfortunately, there are also those who must not understand why we are on strike, what we are fighting for, how they can support us, and what it means to respect a picket line.

Crossed our picket lines or would not support us:

AT&T crossed at Crosspoint Towers in Lowell

Poland Springs

Next Generation Vending

Balmoral Transportation

FedEx at Crosspoint

Sal’s Pizza

East Pen Deco

Young’s Hottop who harassed our picketers in North Reading

Iron Mountain Management Solutions in Billerica

Equipnet a Haverhill moving company removing equipment- Give them a call to let them know how you feel 888-371-6555!

Global Cleaning of Danvers – a worker would not cross but her manger forced her to go and drove her across our line

All Star Towing in Danvers

Air Technology – Danvers

Hector Beaulieu Trucking – Maine, 207-499-7870 – Dracut, picked up junk poles

Export Towing of Medford - crossed in Danvers

Perfecto’s - crossed Andover delivering Market Basket food

Mass Hauling Waste Management of Weymouth – crossed Andover

Coady’s Towing crossed our line in Danvers and other locations

Mano’s Pizza Methuen, in the Eagle Tribune blamed the strikers for why his phone doesn’t work

Please let these businesses know that if they don’t respect you then you don’t need them!

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