Unlawful Anti-Union Retaliation Continues In the Brooklyn Food Industry Warehouses

Submitted on Tue, 02/06/2007 - 2:05am

At 5:00 AM Monday December 18, 2006 IWW members from Top City Produce, along with a delegation of IWW members marched on Top City Produce to demand justice. Workers at Top City refused to go to work until the boss agreed to obey the law and start paying minimum wage and overtime.  That afternoon workers at top city went back to work after the boss agreed to start paying the legal wage and open dialogue to discuss owed back wages.

On Saturday February 3^rd workers were all suspended from work.  The bossed handed each workers a letter saying Top City Produce will close from February 3 ^rd until February 24^th in order to restructure to be able to pay off debts. Another 6 workers are jobless in retaliation for organizing a union, enforcing minimum wage laws, and demanding respect.    For background info about the organizing drive among immigrant workers in the Food Warehouses check out http://www.iww.org/node/3195.

Join Us February 19^th on Presidents Day as we march through Brooklyn demanding an end to the exploitation of immigrant workers.

We will be starting at 9:30 AM at Sunrise Plus Corp. warehouse 48-01 Metropolitan Avenue , Ridgewood

Your financial support is urgently needed – please make strike fund contributions to NYC IWW - 460 and send to PO Box 7430 , JAF Station, and NY 10116. Or, you can contribute on-line through Pay Pal by making a payment to
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Solid
Tomer Malchi
IWW organizer
646-753-1167

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