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UFCW
Weekender
Following is a
brief roundup of important articles and information for your
weekend reading:
- WORKERS AT THE WORLD’S LARGEST
MEATPACKING PLANT CHOOSE UNION
REPRESENTATION
Workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel,
North Carolina, chose union representation with the United Food
and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). Workers
voted 2041 to 1879 for a voice on the job.
Ronnie Ann
Simmons, a veteran of 13 years at the plant said, “We are
thrilled. This moment has been a long time coming. We stuck
together, and now we have a say on the
job.”
- Two years after massive raids, still waiting for
immigration reform
Two years ago today, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided six meatpacking plants
owned by Swift & Company across the United States. The
tragic consequences of these raids are a stark legacy of the
Bush administration’s 8 years of disastrous immigration
policy.
This anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on
how those policies have failed America’s workers, and how
this administration has continued to choose harmful
publicity-grabbing raids over real immigration reform.
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American workers shouldn't have to stand
alone
In order to form a union, U.S. workers
endure an undemocratic election process that allows too many
employers to run aggressive and intimidating anti-union
campaigns prior to the vote. But across the globe, other
nations’ labor laws or practices allow workers to form
unions and negotiate with employers, without navigating this
adversarial process.
Print
out this flyer and show your support for Employee Free
Choice.
- Wal-Mart to Pay $54 Million to Settle Suit Over
Wages
According to the New York
Times, Wal-Mart Stores announced a $54.25 million settlement on
Tuesday of a lawsuit accusing the company of wage violations in
Minnesota. The settlement covers about 100,000 current and
former hourly workers at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in
Minnesota from September 1998 through last month.
- Buying a Car or Truck? Buy
Union!
Click Here for the United Auto
Workers (UAW) 2009 Consumer Buying Guide to purchase vehicles
produced by union workers from the UAW, Canadian Auto Workers
(CAW), or the International Union of Electrical
Workers-Communication Workers of America
(IUE-CWA).
This Week's
Video
A look back on the immigration
raids that took place two years ago today. Go to www.icemisconduct.org
for more information.
To watch the video,
go to: http://www.vimeo.com/2509271
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