UNITE-HERE stages civil disobedience (Solidarity @ Chicago Hyatt HQ)

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http://transitional.pww.org/article/view/17094/

CHICAGO – About 200 hospitality workers and supporters were arrested here Sept. 24 as part of a civil disobedience action in the streets outside the Hyatt Hotel and corporate headquarters. Those who participated in the sit-in, blocking rush hour traffic for more than an hour, were cheered on by almost 1,000 demonstrators who jammed the sidewalks in front of and across the street from the hotel. All those arrested were bussed to a special police facility where they were given citations and released.

The largest civil disobedience action by workers here in many years came less than a year after other workers in Chicago made history last winter by occupying a window and door factory after the owner shut it down.

The sit-in was organized by Unite Here Local 1, the union that represents 15,000 hotel and food service workers in Chicago and casino workers in Northwest Indiana. The action came amid escalating labor disputes with Chicago hotels and growing public backlash against Hyatt hotels for the recent firing of 100 housekeepers in Boston. Unite Here Local 1 is in contract negotiations with hotel employers, including the Hyatt. Their contract expired Aug. 31.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick confirmed Sept. 25 that he has ordered state employees to stop doing business with Hyatt hotels until it rehires the fired workers. Hyatt fired the workers and brought in lower-paid replacements the laid-off workers had trained.

Reflecting the national nature of the outrage, 92 hotel workers in San Francisco were arrested in a simultaneous civil disobedience action, also on Sept. 24.

The protests capped months of anger in the ranks of hotel workers here and around the country who are criticizing their employers for driving down wages, increasing workloads, cutting health benefits and jobs.

Full story and photos at link.

Change the negative "not" message on their shirts to a positive, reinforcing message, IE "I am determined" "I am intrepid" etc.

Thanks for the thread, Omaha Steve.

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http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/american.studies.s98/we.shall.overcome.html

1.


We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day

CHORUS:


Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day

2.


We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand some day

CHORUS


3.


We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free some day

CHORUS


4.


We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid some day

CHORUS


5.


We are not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone some day

CHORUS


6.


The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day

CHORUS


7.


We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day

CHORUS

"We shall overcome"

"I do believe"

"We'll walk hand in hand"

"We shall all be free"

Those are the positive psychological affirmations that give so much power to that song or chorus.

I have a dream.

I am a man.

Are a couple of other powerful slogans that come to mind.

By them selves the "not" messages whether it's "afraid" or "alone" allows the subconscious mind to focus on the negative emotions of fear and loneliness, your subconscious doesn't focus on the "not" but rather the emotions you evoke.


Edit for P.S. As the other posters on this thread posted the recently used "Yes we can" this is also powerful for effect because it's positive.

Nevertheless, "we are not afraid" clearly has a history you're missing.

the phrase by itself carries the seeds of subconscious psychological doubt. The fact that many people don't know weakens it even more.

But the point I'm trying to make isn't about historical context so much as effective psychological power in achieving a desired result.

"We shall overcome" is powerful by and of it self.

Thanks Brothers and sisters

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When asked by two G20 protesters to condemn the bombing of innocent children, Sean Hannity would not. Must see this video. Pass this video on and make it go viral.

http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=3001

why the armchair judgments on their slogans? They are to be commended for taking a stand.