Submitted on Sun, 08/17/2008 - 11:40pm
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers International
Contact: press (at) brandworkers.org
Tavern on the Green Stops Serving Wild Edibles Seafood Over Workers' Rights
Concerns
Legendary Central Park restaurant is the latest to drop Wild Edibles until
it settles a year-long dispute with workers
August 11, 2008
New York, NY- Tavern on the Green, one of the nation's highest-grossing
restaurants, has stopped serving seafood from wholesaler and retailer, Wild
Edibles, Inc. over concern for employee rights. Wild Edibles workers and their
allies have been campaigning for almost a year to reclaim stolen overtime pay;
to compel compliance with workplace laws including the right to support a labor
union; and to win a more livable wage as well as a health care and retirement
plan.
Submitted on Sun, 08/17/2008 - 11:33pm
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers International
Contact: press (at) brandworkers.org
Celebrated Thai restaurant is the latest to drop Wild Edibles until it settles a year-long dispute with workers
August 7, 2008
New York, NY- Kittichai, the popular Thai restaurant in Soho, has stopped serving seafood from wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles, Inc. over concern for employee rights. Wild Edibles workers and their allies have been campaigning for almost a year to reclaim stolen overtime pay; to compel compliance with workplace laws including the right to support a labor union; and to win a more livable wage as well as a health care and retirement plan.
"With Kittichai, thirty-four of New York's most well-regarded restaurantshave stopped serving Wild Edibles seafood," said Raymundo Lara Molina, one of eleven Wild Edibles employees fired or forced out in retaliation for asserting their rights. "When will Wild Edibles see the writing on the wall and accept a just resolution of this dispute?"
Submitted on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 6:27pm
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers International
press (at) brandworkers.org
Tavern on the Green Stops Serving Wild Edibles Seafood Over Workers' Rights Concerns
Legendary Central Park restaurant is the latest to drop Wild Edibles until it settles a year-long dispute with workers
August 11, 2008
New York, NY- Tavern on the Green, one of the nation's highest-grossing restaurants, has stopped serving seafood from wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles, Inc. over concern for employee rights. Wild Edibles workers and their allies have been campaigning for almost a year to reclaim stolen overtime pay; to compel compliance with workplace laws including the right to support a labor union; and to win a more livable wage as well as a health care and retirement plan.
Submitted on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 3:23am
Immigrant Workers Seeking a Better Future for their Families Score Victory.
Submitted on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 2:37am
By Inni Chowdhury - NYC Indymedia
A
dozen protesters gathered in front of the Starbucks on 17th and
Broadway on Saturday July 5 to protest the termination of two union
organizing baristas. Liberte Locke, ( a current barista who works in
Manhattan, wrote a letter to Chairman Howard Schultz, asking to
re-instate two terminated employees: Monica (who has declined to reveal
her last name for fear of being blacklisted by other potential
empolyers) and Cole Dorsey, of Grand Rapids Michigan.
According
to the official Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) website, “Monica
was fired on the 24th of April without notice. She had resisted
management when they made people work public holidays without extra
pay. The store manager had told her on several occasions that she must
have nothing to do with unions.”
Cole Dorsey was fired on June 6. He had been an active member of IWW Starbucks Workers Union.