Workers Allegedly Fired For Unionizing, Plan Rally
Submitted on Tue, 02/20/2007 - 10:49pm
February 14, 2007 - Reposted from www.ny1.com
Workers in Brooklyn and Queens prepared for a rally after they say they were fired for unionizing.
Their employers, various food warehouses in the boroughs, say they were fired as a result of the workers immigration status.
The workers, part of the Industrial Workers of the World, say they wanted to unionize so they could collect money they were owed in back pay and overtime.
"These owners felt like the union was getting too strong,” said John Alexander of Industrial Workers of the World. “This is not just an isolated issue; this is an issue that goes throughout the industry of the warehouses that distribute food products to the restaurants that we eat in every day."
The union plans on marching in Brooklyn and Queens on Monday February 19.