Successful Goodwill Protests

This weekend, National Federation of the blind of Colorado had two extremely successful Goodwill Protests!  One was held in Denver and the other in Colorado Springs.  Below you will find links to news coverage of both events. 

News 4 video

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/08/25/group-protests-goodwill-for-paying-disabled-workers-under-minimum-wage/

Colorado Springs Gazette Article

http://www.gazette.com/articles/wages-143721-goodwill-demanding.html

News Channel 5 video

http://www.koaa.com/videos/goodwill-protest/


Determiners of our success...

Lots of honks and waves

In both Denver and Colorado Springs, people were constantly honking and wavign at us as they passed.  It was obvious that we were getting the word out to passers by and that we had their support!



People get the message and change their minds!


In Denver one lady who was coming to the Broadway location to drop off goods was OUTRAGED hen she found out about the horrible practices of Goodwill.  She asked if the ARC and Salvation Army did the same thing.  We told her no so she said she was going to take her stuff somewhere else.


PRESS COVERAGE!!!


As you can see from the links above, there we got the attention of the press and our story made it far beyond the two Goodwill locations that we occupied on Saturday.


The other side is shshshshaking in their boots!!!


In Colorado Springs, the store management was soooo uncomfortable that they fabricated stories to get the police to come out.  They told police that we were blocking the doors and the entry ways.  This was not at all true unless you count Jennifer, who was standing on the sidewalk and reaching across to hand fliers to people who voluntarily opened their windows.


The other side tells lies lies lies to make you seem less credible!


Goodwill of Denver and Colorado Springs each handed out fliers which stated that they did not pay any employee less than 8.00 hourly!!!  This is a load o crap!!!


In every good protest you must be called a liberal, a socialist, or a democrat!!!



In Denver our crew were called liberal democrats and told they needed to mind their own business!  Yep... I think we can count that in our success points


In the comments below the Colorado Springs Gazette article, we were called socialists, liberals, and agitators!!!


Yep!!!  I think we can put this one down in the books as a very successful protest.  The only thing that could have been sweeter is if a couple of us would have gotten hauled off in the Patty Wagon!!!  We will do better next time (BIG SMILE)