PAST CAMPAIGNS AND ACTIONS
Jimmy John's
Since the founding of the current incarnation of the Baltimore IWW over 20 years ago, we have engaged in dozens of workplace organizing campaigns. The campaign that has received the most publicity in recent years is the Jimmy John's campaign. In 2014 and 2015, the Baltimore IWW organized workers at three Jimmy John's locations owned by the Dolchin-Pratt franchise. By pursuing a multi-pronged strategy that included shop-floor organizing, mini-strikes and other direct actions, public pressure, legal actions and more, the campaign succeeded in winning several demands and got thousands of dollars in back pay for a veteran who was illegally fired by Jimmy John's. For various reasons, we decided to end the campaign in 2015, but not before making headlines in several local and national publications.
Since the founding of the current incarnation of the Baltimore IWW over 20 years ago, we have engaged in dozens of workplace organizing campaigns. The campaign that has received the most publicity in recent years is the Jimmy John's campaign. In 2014 and 2015, the Baltimore IWW organized workers at three Jimmy John's locations owned by the Dolchin-Pratt franchise. By pursuing a multi-pronged strategy that included shop-floor organizing, mini-strikes and other direct actions, public pressure, legal actions and more, the campaign succeeded in winning several demands and got thousands of dollars in back pay for a veteran who was illegally fired by Jimmy John's. For various reasons, we decided to end the campaign in 2015, but not before making headlines in several local and national publications.