[nyfoil-l] 2/19 Queens, NY: March for Immigrant Workers' Rights!!
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The IWW And Make The Road By Walking Keep On Marching To End Slave Wages And
To Defend Workers' Right To Organize!
What: MARCH TO DEMAND AN END TO EXPLOITATION IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. The march
will begin at 9:30 am and proceed through the industrial areas of Bushwick,
Williamsburg and Ridgewood. DRESS FOR COLD WEATHER!!
When: Monday February 19, 2007 starting at 9:30am
Where: meet up with us at 3 locations [More detailed directions below]!
9:30 AM @ Sunrise Plus/E-Z Supply, 48-01 Metropolitan Ave. in Ridgewood,
Queens.
11:30 AM @ Morgan stop of the L train (Morgan and Harrison)
1:00 PM @ March on Associated Supermarket on Knickerbocker ave
L train running on Saturday Schedule
Why: In an attempt to rise out of sweatshop conditions, workers in the
Brooklyn wholesale food distribution industry have engaged in strikes, protests,
and filed lawsuits alleging minimum wage and overtime violations. Over 20
workers from two warehouses were fired in the past few months in retaliation for
their union activities.
At Associated Supermarket owners have committed egregious wage violations
against their workers, including failure to pay minimum wage and overtime, and
having some workers paid in tips only with absolutely no benefits.
These workers need your support as they struggle to enforce the minimum wage
and demand their right to organize.
For the latest update visit _www.wobblycity.org_ (http://www.wobblycity.org/)
For more info call
Billy J Randal at 646 645-6284
or Tomer Malchi at 646-753-1167
Directions and details
Starting location:
9:30 am @ Sunrise Plus/E-Z Supply, 48-01 Metropolitan Ave. in Ridgewood,
Queens.
Take the L train to the Grand stop, walk east over bridge and onto
Metropolitan ave. Walk 6 blocks past fork in the road, Sunrise plus (EZ-supply) will
be on the left. Street map at or
People will be stationed at the Grand Street L stop from 9:30 – 10AM to give
directions and lead contingents to Sunrise Plus/E-Z Supply.
Secondary meet-up/Press meet up
11:30 – 11:45am at the Morgan stop of the L train. The March will wait for
15 minutes at the Morgan stop before marching on Handfat – Handyfat is 2
blocks south from the train on Thames between Morgan and Bogart.
At 1:00pm we will march from Handyfat to Associated Supermarket on
knickerbocker ave.
Here some pics and details:
Pics from our last MLK march:
_http://www.antiauthoritarian .net/NLN/photo-gallery/2007 _mlk_day/ _
(http://www.antiauthoritarian.net/NLN/photo-gallery/2007_mlk_day/)
MLK March:
_http://antiauthoritarian.net /NLN/?p=153 _
(http://antiauthoritarian.net/NLN/?p=153)
Much more on _http://www.wobblycity.org/_ (http://www.wobblycity.org/)
The 460 campaign began around a year and a half ago when workers at
Handyfat, a food distribution warehouse, approached the Bushwick Latino
community/workers center, "Make the Road by Walking." The Handyfat workers had already
organized outside of any union, but were looking for support. Make the Road by
Walking put them in touch with Billy Randel and Bert Picard, two experienced
IWW organizers. Since then, the campaign has expanded to four other ware
houses, and we are constantly talk to more and more workers.
EZ-Supply/Sunshine Marketing Corp.
Amersino
Top City Produce
Giant Big Apple (Beer distributor)
A year ago, workers at EZ-Supply voted for IWW representation in a NLRB
certified union election. In May of last year, Amersino's boss rigged their
election by saying that a number of his friends were a "night shift" that didn't
actually exist. Later he illegally fired several key organizers. The NLRB is
(still) currently considering action against Amersino regarding the firings.
EZ-Supply on the other hand flaunted its obligation to bargain in good faith
with the union after the successful election, and retaliated and harassed
union members. Only in November of this year, after leafletting EZ-Supply's
customers (restaurants) and convinced several to switch to a different supplier,
did EZ-supply reinitiate bargaining with the union. At this juncture the union
negotiated a landmark contract (for the industry) that was tentatively
agreed upon by EZ-Supplies boss and the union. In December, the union marched on
Top City Produce to demand the boss pay their workers according to minimum
wage requirements and to recognize the union. Also in late December the union
filed several lawsuits against all of the above companies for wage and hour
violations, in excess of 100,000 dollars. At this point, within a week or so,
Handyfat, EZ-Supply, Amersino, and Top City all gave their union workers
letters requesting workers' immigration papers. This move, although a flagrant
violation of the law and clear retaliation for union activity, was their trump
card. The bosses had never requested to see any immigration papers before and
some of the workers had worked for their respective companies for over 10
years. EZ-Supply also claimed that it had never tentatively agreed to a union
contract. The next week, the very day the IWW served EZ-Supply with a complaint
for back wage violations, EZ-Supply fired all its union workers. Next
Handyfat did the same. Top City had also closed temporarily to "reorganize" its
business supposedly to get rid of debt but rehired everyone as of February 15th.
This leaves 25 workers. The union's defense fund has compensated all the
workers for their lost pay and all have gotten new jobs by now. Major court
action against the employers is pending from the NLRB and the Department of
Justice for various lawbreaking.
check out _www.iww.org_ (http://www.iww.org/) for more info about the
wobblies. we have an excellent website!
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