rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-old-spike-stop-the-repression?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-old-spike-stop-the-repression' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> London IWW https://actionnetwork.org/groups/london-iww https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/454/502/normal/Old_Spike_Campaign.png My name is Aidan. I’m an organiser with the Industrial Workers of the World, a proudly anti-Zionist union, and I have been a steadfast supporter of Palestinian liberation for years. When I moved to the UK and started working at Old Spike, a chain of local coffee shops, I wore my Palestine badge every single shift to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. All of my coworkers and the vast majority of customers who commented on my badge said they supported it. But two ustomers made complaints about my support for the Palestinian people. Old Spike, instead of dismissing these complaints as racist hogwash, decided to create a new company-wide policy prohibiting Palestine badges or symbols in all of its coffee shops. This suppression of support for Palestine is a widespread problem. Nurses and doctors at the NHS are harassed and even fired for showing support for Palestine. Companies that congratulate themselves for EDI policies ban any support for Palestine in the workplace. Even social media posts made by workers outside of working hours are scrutinised for being too militant in their opposition to literal genocide. This shameful erasure of Palestinian identity and solidarity is a part of the genocide - an attempt to cover up the mass murder of Palestinians perpetrated by Israel with the full support of the UK government. That’s why we’re fighting back. We’re organising to end the repression of Palestine in the workplace. WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need our customers and community allies to tell Old Spike that suppressing solidarity with Palestine is wrong. Please send them an email telling them to scrap the Politics in the Workplace Policy. A form email is prepared on the next page, but feel free to write your own! We want this campaign to reach beyond Old Spike. No employer should be punishing workers fo ropposing genocide. If you are a worker who has faced repression and discrimination in the workplace: reach out to us! The only way we will win is by organising together. You can reach out to us at london@iww.org.uk to get support with your case or organising your workplace. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-old-spike-stop-the-repression