IWW members talk to customers about K-Mart's relationship with MPG
Joseph Sanchez is a former employee of MPG (Media Planning Group) and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.
MPG is an international media service group. On April 1, 2009, MPG laid off 11% of its US workforce, one of whom was Joseph. Meanwhile, its parent company Havas increased its profits 25% last year and MPG gained two new clients this year.
The severance package offered to the workers includes provisions that allow MPG to sue the workers but prohibit workers from suing MPG and that requires the workers not to “denigrate” the company. In exchange, workers were only offered four weeks of pay. When Joseph asked to negotiate the severance package, MPG refused.
The IWW has initiated a campaign to push MPG into negotiating by asking their biggest client, Sears/Kmart, to stop advertising with MPG until they negotiate a fair severance package.
Please help this campaign:
Post messages on Sears' and Kmart's social networking sites: Stop advertising with MPG until they negotiate a fair severance package!
EVERYONE:
Sign up and post new ideas on
http://www.mysears.com/ideas/new and http://www.mykmart.com/kmartideas/new
SOCIAL NETWORKING USERS:
Facebook users:
Become fans of and write on their walls - http://www.facebook.com/sears and http://www.facebook.com/kmart
Mypsace users:
Comment at http://www.myspace.com/kmart
Youtube users:
Send messages to http://www.youtube.com/sears and http://www.youtube.com/kmart
MPG is an international media service group. On April 1, 2009, MPG laid off 11% of its US workforce, one of whom was Joseph. Meanwhile, its parent company Havas increased its profits 25% last year and MPG gained two new clients this year.
The severance package offered to the workers includes provisions that allow MPG to sue the workers but prohibit workers from suing MPG and that requires the workers not to “denigrate” the company. In exchange, workers were only offered four weeks of pay. When Joseph asked to negotiate the severance package, MPG refused.
The IWW has initiated a campaign to push MPG into negotiating by asking their biggest client, Sears/Kmart, to stop advertising with MPG until they negotiate a fair severance package.
Please help this campaign:
Post messages on Sears' and Kmart's social networking sites: Stop advertising with MPG until they negotiate a fair severance package!
EVERYONE:
Sign up and post new ideas on
http://www.mysears.com/ideas/new and http://www.mykmart.com/kmartideas/new SOCIAL NETWORKING USERS:
Facebook users:
Become fans of and write on their walls -
http://www.facebook.com/sears and http://www.facebook.com/kmart Mypsace users:
Comment at
http://www.myspace.com/kmart Youtube users:
Send messages to
http://www.youtube.com/sears and http://www.youtube.com/kmart
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