JwJ News December 2008

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DECEMBER 2008

• Victory at Republic Windows & Doors! Workers Vote to Get Pay; Occupation Ends!
• Victory at Smithfield! Workers at the World's Largest Meatpacking Plant Vote Yes to Union Representation
• People's Bailout Week of Action a Huge Success!
• Voters Align with Worker Justice and Progressive Agenda
• DC JwJ Holds Hearing on Mayor Fenty's Assault on Public Workers
• Missouri JwJ Helps Teamsters at Anheuser-Busch Win Global Victory
• Workers and Lykins Reinforcing Reach Successful Agreement
• The Mobile Home Council: Vecinos Unidos no Serán Vencidos

VICTORY AT REPUBLIC WINDOWS AND DOORS!
Workers Vote to Get Pay; Occupation Ends!

On Friday December 5th, the workers of Republic Windows and Doors, members of UE Local 1110, occupied their factory, which was due to close at 10:00 AM. The workers were fighting for pay for their lost vacation days and for the 75 days notice that they are guaranteed under Illinois law. This is the first time in many years workers have taken the bold, militant strategy of occupying their place of work to demand justice.

Only weeks after taking $25 Billion in bailout money, Bank of America turned its back on hundreds of workers making energy efficient doors and windows in Chicago by refusing to continue credit to Republic Windows and Doors. To make matters even worse than putting 300 people out of work, Bank of America has instructed Republic to refuse to pay workers compensation they are legally entitled to, either earned vacation pay or the severance pay legally required under the WARN Act, in lieu of proper notice of plant closing.

Like many other 'titans of Wall street,' Bank of America, KeyBank and others are taking their bailout -- supposedly meant to allow credit to get our economy moving again -- and using it to take over other banks, pay bonuses to executives and dividends to shareholders... just about everything except helping businesses continue to employ workers.

After 6 days occupying the plant, workers at Republic Window and Doors in Chicago voted to accept a settlement late on December 10th.

The settlement totals $1.75million. It will provide the workers with:

• Eight weeks of pay they are owed under the federal WARN Act;
• Two months of continued health coverage, and;
• Pay for all accrued and unused vacation.

JPMorgan Chase will provide $400,000 of the settlement, with the balance coming from Bank of America. Although the money will be provided as a loan to Republic Windows and Doors, it will go directly into a third-party fund whose sole purpose is to pay the workers what is owed them. In addition, the UE has started the "Window of Opportunity Fund" dedicated to re-opening the plant. Find out how to donate.

As the Local 1110 leaders characterized the settlement, "We fought to make them pay what they owe us, and we won." Read more about the settlement here.

We want to extend a big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this campaign. The tremendous support and solidarity from the thousands of people like you around the country - and the world - who took the time to send messages to Bank of America and who rallied at banks across the country was crucial in winning this victory.

This is truly an historic victory for workers in the United States.

To donate to the workers' Window of Opportunity Fund":

Local 1110, UE Hall
37 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607

Victory at Smithfield!
Workers at the World's Largest Meatpacking Plant Vote Yes to Union Representation

Tar Heel, N.C. - This week 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.

"When workers have a fair process, they choose a voice on the job," said UFCW Director of Organizing Pat O'Neill. "This is a great victory for the Tar Heel workers. I know they are looking forward to sitting down at the bargaining table with Smithfield to negotiate a contract. The UFCW has constructive union contracts with Smithfield plants around the country. Those union contracts benefit workers, the company and the community. We believe the workers here in Tar Heel can achieve a similar agreement."

Ronnie Ann Simmons, a worker 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."

Jobs with Justice would like to congratulate the workers and their union for their courage and inspirational example.

We would also like to thank the many faith, community, student, labor and political leaders who stood by the workers at Smithfield through their long struggle.

Smithfield workers have shown the way for workers everywhere as we fight together for an economic recovery that benefits everyone.

It shows the importance of passing the Employee Free Choice Act so that all workers can have good jobs with decent wages, respect on the job and a future for their families.

Sign on to Support the Employee Free Choice Act

People's Bailout Week of Action a Huge Success!

From December 7-13, Jobs with Justice coalitions organized 42 actions in support of a "People's Bailout" that would fix the real economy, restore a voice for working people to challenge corporate greed, provide emergency help to the victims of the crisis and begin building a fair economy that works for all, addressing crises in housing, health care, jobs, retirement security and the environment. More than 100 actions total took place during the week of action, which was organized in conjunction with Institute for Policy Studies, US Action, American Friends Service Committee, National Community Reinvestment Coalition and ACORN. JwJ coalitions organized a range of activities from teach-ins and rallies on the economic crisis to celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th.

Central Florida JwJ organized canvassers to spread the word about the People's Bailout and to collect signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, a crucial piece of legislation that will help restore the middle class. On December 10th, local labor and community allies turned out to support Detention Service Officers at the Orange County jail who have been fighting to join a union for many years and are one of many examples of workers who need the Employee Free Choice Act to pass. As Detention Service workers were changing shifts and leaving in their cars, activists showed support by chanting, holding candles and signs with various messages like "Where'sthe People's Bailout?" and "DSO- Don't Stop Organizing!". As they left the parking lot, DSO's were given flyers on EFCA and ways they could reach County Commissioners and demand justice at their workplace. More than 30 people took part in the event and came together at the end to hear from a DSO worker and an unemployed person who was fired due to organizing activity.

Many JwJ coalitions and allies organized actions at Bank of America. SE Michigan JwJ targeted Bank of America to demand an end to foreclosures and evicitons. Other actions were organized in solidarity with the laid-off workers at Republic Windows and Doors who were occupying their factory to demand the severence and vacation pay they were owed. After sitting-in for 6 days, dozens of solidarity actions across the country, and thousands of messages to Bank of America, the workers demands were met! Read more about their story here.

Portland Jobs with Justice visited Key Bank to protest their ongoing financial support of Oak Harbor Freight Lines, a rogue company that has broken US labor law and violated international labor standards during a three month strike in the Northwest. Click here to send KeyBank a message. Portland JwJ also paid a visit to Bank of America to support Republic workers. The banks must have heard JwJ was coming - they both closed early that day!

Jobs with Justice coalitions and allied organizations around the country will take part in an emergency campaign over the next 2 ½ months to get Congress and the new administration to enact a People's Bailout.

Voters Align with Worker Justice and Progressive Agenda

On Nov. 4 voters rejected an anti-union big business campaign against the Employee Free Choice Act and elected candidates who support the Bill. Six newly elected senators expressed strong support for the bill, despite the millions of dollars the US Chamber of Commerce and corporate-backed outfits spent to try to defeat them.

The new Senators elected in November - Mark Udall of Colorado, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Tom Udall of New Mexico, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mark Warner of Virginia and Jeff Merkley of Oregon - could play a key role in building bi-partisan support for and passing the legislation. In the House, the solid majority that backed the Bill when it came to a vote last year increased their numbers. President-elect Obama was a co-sponsor of the Bill in the Senate and has said that he will work to pass and sign the legislation when he takes office.

In Colorado, there was an all-out corporate and right wing assault on workers' and civil rights. Colorado Jobs with Justice teamed up with allies from labor and community to form the progressive forces that defeated three anti-worker and equal opportunity ballot initiatives championed by the same forces who actively oppose the Employee Free Choice Act. These defeated and regressive ballot initiatives included: Right to Work (for less) - this was the first time in 30 years this type of ballot initiative has been defeated in the US; Anti-Affirmative Action ballot initiative - California millionaire Ward Connerly's deceptively titled "Colorado Civil Rights Initiative" was aimed at dismantling equal opportunity programs in the state; and Payroll Deduction which sought to weaken unions and other progressive organizations by barring the government from deducting contributions or dues from employees' paychecks. These victories have only strengthened the resolve and relationships of progressives in CO to move ahead creating more worker-friendly environment in their beautiful state.

In Oregon, Jobs with Justice mobilized community and faith leaders to publicly support the Employee Free Choice Act. JwJ organized events and positive press coverage in the form of letters to the editor while corporate front-groups flooded Oregon with anti-Free Choice ads to attempt to defeat the pro-labor Senate candidate Jeff Merkley, who was ultimately chosen by Oregonians as their next Senator.

A poll by Peter D. Hart Research Associates right after the election showed that nearly two-thirds of voters believe it is important to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and nearly one-third believe it should be a top priority for Congress. Overall, 55 percent of voters said they approve of labor unions, compared with just 27 percent who say they disapprove.

Many have long viewed the Employee Free Choice Act as critical to rebuilding the U.S. economy. "Workers support the Employee Free Choice Act because it gives working people the freedom to make their own decision about whether and how to form a union," says Jobs with Justice National Executive Director Sarita Gupta. "Working people are struggling to make ends meet and the Employee Free Choice Act will allow more people to bargain for better wages and working conditions - which in turn helps rebuild our middle class and create an economy that works for all."

There is growing recognition, even in some business circles, that unions play a critical role in building and maintaining a sustainable economy. Robert Rubin, Treasury secretary under President Clinton and now director of CitiGroup, recently co-authored an article in the New York Times with Jared Bernstein, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. They wrote: "The problem is that the benefits of productivity growth have largely eluded working families. Though productivity grew by some 20 percent from 2000 to 2007, the real income of middle class, working-age households has actually fallen $2,000, down 3 percent... A true market economy should have real labor markets in which labor and business negotiate as peers. Many years ago, the economist John Kenneth Galbraith argued that collective bargaining was necessary so workers had the countervailing force to bargain for their fare share of the growth they're helping to produce. To establish that force, workers should be allowed to choose to be unionized or not."

Moving forward, Jobs with Justice is focusing on building broad support for the Employee Free Choice Act on the local and national levels. JwJ is specifically engaging our allies from community, faith-based, student, academic and independent worker organizations to actively support this crucial step in reforming labor law in the US. Local coalitions are leveraging their relationships with individuals in communities across the country by signing up tens of thousands of people on support pledge cards and petitions, gathering signatures and personal statements of support from community and faith leaders on a letter directed to the 44th President of the US and the 111th Congress. JwJ is also gathering organizational endorsements of hundreds of grass-roots community, faith-based, student and independent worker organizations, as well as key national networks and organizations.

Allies of the labor movement are also being organized through JwJ to be spokespeople on behalf of the Employee Free Choice Act and workers rights by authoring op eds, letters to the editor and speaking with reporters to set the record straight through on-line and print media about what the legislation is really about in the face of disingenuous and baseless attacks from corporate special interests and anti-union ideologues.

DC JwJ Holds Hearing on Mayor Fenty's Assault on Public Workers
Based on a report by Andy Richards

On November 20th, more than a dozen DC public sector workers came together to testify in front of the DC JwJ Workers' Rights Board (WRB) and a crowd of 200 DC residents about the actions taken by Mayor Fenty during his two years in office.

Metro Council President Jos Williams said that Mayor Fenty has created an "environment based on intimidation" of workers through the gutting of the Public Employee Relations Board, abolishment of the Labor-Management Partnership Program, and the appointment of School Chancellor Michelle Rhee who "has made it her mission to make every employee at-will."

Candi Peterson, a 16-year veteran of DCPS and active member of WTU Local 6, criticized Fenty and Rhee for the firings of hundreds of DCPS workers which, she argued, created overcrowded classrooms and forced teachers to work in areas outside their certification. "Rhee regularly blames teachers and argues that union contracts and teachers' seniority rights stand in the way of the best education for our children." But the reality is that her "anti-union tactics support more privatization and outsourcing of public education, the creation of more unchecked charter schools, unsound educational practices, gutting hard-earned job protections and union busting."

Marketta McCoy - a recently fired investigator at the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) and member of AFSCME Council 20 - said workers are being scapegoated for recent high-profile failures at the CFSA. McCoy added that the real issue is Mayor Fenty and CFSA management's refusal to help provide workers with desperately needed resources and a reduction in caseloads. "Management should treat workers with dignity and respect," said McCoy.

Roy Rogers - an employee of the DC DMH Community Services Agency (CSA) and 1199SEIU member - and Dr. Ray Brown - President of the DC Doctors Council/AFSCME - also discussed the Fenty Administration's plans to privatize mental health services "Closing DC CSA will leave the most vulnerable, victimized, voiceless, neediest and exploited citizens of the District without a safety net," said Rogers. "Why eliminate these jobs now with the current economic crisis which is bound to cause more need for mental health services?" Brown said the privatization plan could affect 4,000 patients and put communities into crisis. "This is a catastrophe," said Brown adding that the DC City Council must act to pass emergency legislation to stop the contracting out.

DC City Councilmembers Phil Mendelson and Harry Thomas Jr. briefly sat in with the Workers' Rights Board to listen to panelists' testimony. Councilmembers Kwame Brown and Yvette Alexander also made appearances. Mayor Fenty, Chancellor Rhee and other Councilmembers were invited to attend but did not show.

"I see what is happening right now as a major catastrophe," said Roger Newell, chair of DC Jobs with Justice. "We need to speak loudly and strongly that working people made this city and stuck with this city through times of crisis. Workers should be respected not attacked and politicians who attack workers should be held accountable." An action plan, based on the testimony and recommendations of panelists, from Workers' Rights Board members is expected in the coming months.

Missouri JwJ Helps Teamsters at Anheuser-Busch Win Global Victory

A/B InBev workers win historic contract with community support

Thousands of Teamsters across the United States just ratified their first contract with Anheuser-Busch after the proposed merger with global brewing giant InBev.

"Our demonstration played a huge roll in achieving our goal of getting an outstanding offer from A/B... This contract is without question the best agreement we have negotiated with this employer. I appreciate the support you gave us and offer my thanks to you," Jack Cipriani, International Vice-President and Director, Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters in his letter to JwJ supporters.

Teamsters leaders credit community support organized by JwJ, as well as the global solidarity organized with brewery unions representing InBev workers in South America, Europe and Canada as key factors in their victory.

St Louis Jobs with Justice also organized an invitation-only, closed door briefing for members of its Workers' Rights Board, including community leaders, elected officials, academics and clergy. Read more about this briefing.

Special thanks from Teamsters leaders

"Our demonstration played a huge roll in achieving our goal of getting an outstanding offer from A/B. Our members have ratified a five year contract with job security, substantial wage increases, pension improvements and, most important, continued Health & Welfare benefits for our active members and retirees. This contract is without question the best agreement we have negotiated with this employer. I appreciate the support you gave us and offer my thanks to you." - Jack Cipriani, International Vice-President and Director, Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

"Seeing the community come to support us at the rally and the briefing meant so much to the workers. We knew that we wouldn't be out there alone with this major corporation." - Robert Gartner, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 6 in St Louis

"Workers can be powerful in this global economy when we stick together. In this fight we organized global solidarity with InBev workers throughout the world, and community solidarity with working people through JwJ. That's how we win in the future of the labor movement and why I'm a leader in Jobs with Justice." - Steve Johnson, Organizer from Teamsters Local 688 and Mobilization Co-Chair, St Louis Jobs with Justice

This five-year contract impacting thousands of local families includes:

• a commitment to keep the St Louis brewery and all other US breweries open, substantial wage increases, pension improvements
• and, most important, continued Health & Welfare benefits for active members and retirees.

St Louis Rally

As bargaining began in August, JwJ rallied hundreds of community supporters to stand with A-B/InBev workers . The rally, held in Kiener Plaza in Downtown St. Louis demonstrated strong community support as Teamsters throughout the country were about to begin negotiations, in the midst of the merger between Anheuser-Busch with global brewing giant InBev.St Louis has cherished the tradition of Anheuser-Busch as a quality employer and important member of our economic community. InBev was quick to provide assurances about its ongoing commitment to St Louis and at this rally the community let InBev know we're watching.We didn't have to wait long to see if InBev would really "walk the walk." On Monday, August 18, 2008 A-B/InBev began talks with 8,000 workers through their union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. A tentative agreement was reached by October which Teamster International Vice-President Jack Cipriani described as "the best agreement we have negotiated with this employer." Read more from Brother Cipriani and other Teamsters leaders on this agreement and the role of community support.

Workers' Rights Board Briefing

InBev union leaders from Brazil, Belgium and Canada visited St Louis this month to meet with Teamsters from throughout the country preparing to negotiate a new contract with the global brewer.The Greater St Louis Workers' Rights Board (a project of Jobs with Justice) collaborated with the Teamsters to be sure the St Louis community benefitted from the experience and solidarity of these international guests by organizing a private briefing before Saturday's public rally in Kiener Plaza.The closed-door, invitation only event allowed for a more open dialog at this uneasy time. Local community leaders spoke candidly about their concerns around InBev's purchase of Anheuser Busch. International guests were blunt about their experiences, and the challenges their communities faced when InBev purchased their local breweries."I do fear that jobs will be lost in my district and that it will have a ripple effect through our community," said Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford (59-MO), "I look to JwJ to mobilize community leaders to ensure that we protect jobs, wages and retirees in addition to local philanthropy."Representative Oxford was joined at the briefing by newly elected officials Senator Robin Wright Jones and Rep James Morris; and by representatives of Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jay Nixon, Senator Claire McCaskill, Congressman Lacy Clay, and Senator Joan Bray. Faith leaders also filled the room, including Jobs with Justice Faith Co-Chairs The Rev. Teresa Mithen of St. John's Episcopal Church and The Rev. Tommie Pierson of Greater St Mark Family Church. The briefing was chaired by The Rev. Dr. Martín Rafanan, ELCA and Director of Gateway Homeless Services.

The Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board harnesses the power of prominent individuals to provide the community's moral voice for economic issues upon which justice for working men and women rests. Learn more about the St. Louis Workers' Rights Board.

Workers and Lykins Reinforcing Reach Successful Agreement

After nearly two years, the Ironworkers' strike against Lykins Reinforcing is over! The company has recognized the workers demands and is in the process of addressing their issues. Throughout this ordeal, Kentucky JwJ has stood in solidarity with the workers in the struggle for fair treatment, honest wages and respect in the workplace. KY JwJ demonstrated their support publicly through leafleting, speaking to the community on the workers' behalf and through showing moral support to the striking workers by regular visits to the picket line of community, faith and labor leaders.

The Mobile Home Council: Vecinos Unidos no Serán Vencidos

The Mobile Home Council won the extension of the redevelopment moratorium they won in October of 2007 and organized a resident caravan that visited five parks ending with a celebration at Curtis Park in Miami.

Mobile home residents made sure elected officials extended the redevelopment moratorium, currently the only protection for residents, another four months. Due to this consistent resident effort County Commissioners included the mobile home issue on the prioirty list the Miami Dade county delegation will discuss in Tallahassee.

As they have done over half a dozen times Mobile Home Council leaders addressed the County Commission on October 21 to let them know that Planning and Zoning recomendations are of no help to mobile home park residents. And residents told them they are developing their own solutions. In other words residents are no longer asking for help but demanding and offering solutoins.

The Mobile Home Council defied developers by securing the moratorium, organizing their home owner associations. Now they have also started developing resident owned cooperatives that will allow mobile home owners to buy the land where their homes are located. One such project is already under way.

On the heels of all this work mobile home council leaders organized on November 1 a caravan that led them through five parks where they spoke to residents about the need to organize home owners associations. The party at the end of the caravan was to be held at River Park Mobile Home Park but the park owner threatened participants with trespassing charges.

The event was finally held at Curtis Park where at least 50 resdients listened to home owner associations officers from different parks as well as State Representative Julio Robaina, who once again committed to introducing legislation in Tallahassee that would defend the property rights of mobile home owners and not only rich developers and park owners.

MEDIA LINKS

Union propels HEI protests
Yale Daily News - New Haven,CT,USA
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A human rights agenda for new president
South Bend Tribune (subscription) - South Bend,IN,USA
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UTA gives riders a break, delays fare hike
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Temple News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
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Survey finds Asian community passive on immigration issues
Boston Globe - United States
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Return of the radicals
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MarketWatch - USA
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A Bailout For Main Street
Progress Illinois - Chicago,IL,USA
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Open Media Boston - Boston,Massachusetts,USA
... and supporters from the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and Jobs with Justice - entered the lobby of the 200 Berkeley St. headquarters of ...

State shifting fiscal problems to working families
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
There is another way. Carl Feuer works with UAW Local 2300 and is on the steering committee of the Tompkins County Workers' Center.

Economy forum planned Thursday in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Utah Jobs with Justice is offering a free public forum on the topic "How to Solve the Economic Crisis" at 7 pm Thursday in the auditorium of the Salt Lake ...

Student concerns drive UA meeting
Daily Pennsylvanian - Philadelphia,PA,USA
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Transformed by Obama's win
Chicago Tribune - United States
In his work as executive director of the Chicago office of Jobs with Justice, Thindwa is often the only African-American person in a room of whites. ...

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Buffalo News - NY, United States
"We've seen instead the perpetuation of low-wage jobs and the movement of businesses out of our urban core," said Duwe of Coalition for Economic Justice. ...

Rights forum to focus on healthcare needs
St. Albans Messenger - St. Albans,VT,USA
That's the argument the Vermont Workers' Center (VWC) will be bringing to St. Paul's Methodist Church next Thursday. VWC will be host for a human rights ...

Ordinance a step toward responsible government
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
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Teamsters, Students and Labor Activists Go to Maher for Support
MarketWatch - USA
... that he is promoting a company that could help leave grandparents without health benefits," said Sarita Gupta, executive director at Jobs with Justice. ...

Teamsters, Students and Labor Activists Protest Gap's 'Vote for ...
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
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Campaign offers little on how to aid the poor
Buffalo News - NY, United States
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BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
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Editorial: President ignores new face of activism
The Daily Collegian Online - University Park,PA,USA
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Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
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Atlanta Progressive News - Atlanta,GA,USA
... Cobb Immigration Alliance, Woman's Watch Africa, Alterna, Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Atlanta Jobs for Justice, and others. ...