Cargill Tenants Union
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WE'RE ON RENT STRIKE TO SAVE OUR MILL // Putnam, Connecticut // [email protected]
Putnam, CT
Joined December 2023
We have a public meeting with the EPA, to discuss how tenants will be protected during TU-won lead abatement, on Wednesday:
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The EPA is holding a public meeting next week in Putnam, to answer questions about the lead-poisoning crisis at the Cargill Falls Mill. We strongly encourage *all Putnam tenants* to attend this meeting, especially to meet with Cargill Tenants Union organizers.
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"The Connecticut residents holding a rent strike amid lead poisoning crisis": https://t.co/S5QMm11C8L
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I don’t talk about my organizing work here for pretty obvious reasons, but I’m going to share this because it is tremendously important and I am very proud to be able to support these tenants in their fight for safe housing. Organize your neighbors!
theguardian.com
They thought their redeveloped 19th-century building was safe – but after learning it still contained toxic levels of lead, they formed a tenants union
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I spoke with tenants with @CargillTenants who have been rent striking to demand toxic lead levels in their homes are fixed, an issue they've been dealing with for more than a year since a child was poisoned. https://t.co/KMdvQYJICE
theguardian.com
They thought their redeveloped 19th-century building was safe – but after learning it still contained toxic levels of lead, they formed a tenants union
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RENT STRIKES WORK. ✊ We celebrate this momentous achievement of Cargill Tenants Union’s militant collective action in bringing *federal* attention to Quiet Corner, Connecticut.
Today the EPA announced they are issuing an administrative order against our landlord. Every development towards enforcement and tenants' protection has been directly won by our tenant union and the risk we took to go on RENT STRIKE:
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Issue #3 of our newsletter, Tenant Voice, is out! With writing from members of @PasadenaTenants, @BrooklynDefense, @LATenantsUnion, @MadTenantPower, @BostonTenants, @sbtenantsunion and @CargillTenants! https://t.co/leyINBSfDU
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Today the EPA announced they are issuing an administrative order against our landlord. Every development towards enforcement and tenants' protection has been directly won by our tenant union and the risk we took to go on RENT STRIKE:
epa.gov
EPA News Release: EPA finds lead-based paint at Putnam, Conn. apartment complex may present imminent and substantial endangerment to tenants
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Existing tenant protections are meaningless without organization to demand and enforce them. Our neighbors in Woodstock are fighting together against illegal evictions:
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CT DSA celebrates @CargillTenants Union's win in getting CT Attorney General William Tong to open an investigation into their landlord🔥 This milestone was only achieved by their militant, committed organizing through landlord retaliation. Let's keep cheering them on!
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Join us at 4PM EST!
Session 7 at our convention this weekend - @CargillTenants and @sftporg presenting on a rent strike in a recently-renovated mill in Connecticut where children have gotten lead poisoning Register: https://t.co/hXsnnOoMqX Program: https://t.co/js452VJGNN
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Please contribute to our mutual aid fund for the families in our tenant union facing retaliatory evictions:
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Tomorrow is the quit date for our tenants served retaliatory Notices to Quit. By staying tonight instead of "self-evicting," we risk a court summons. We're staying in our homes!
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