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Organized Slaughter |
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by Peter Miller
Email: peterm (nospam) shout.net (unverified!) |
04 Jan 2002
Modified: 07 Jan 2002 |
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Interview with Bill Pearson, president of UFCW 789 in S. St. Paul. Workers walked out in June 2000, but still don't have a contract. |
Interview is on the radio4all.net website (above).
Announcer script:
Do workers in the United States really
have the right to form labor unions?
Various labor laws, including the
National Labor Relations Act are
supposed to guarantee that right, but
more and more, workers are fired for
union activity, and those workers who
do succeed in winning a union election
frequently face employers who refuse to
negotiate with them. At United Premium
Foods in St. Paul, Minnesota, workers
voted for a union in 1990, but the
company still refuses to negotiate a
contract. The workers and their union
aren't giving up though. Bill Pearson,
president of United Food and Commercial
Workers local 789 in South St. Paul
tells the story to Illinois Labor Hour
host Peter Miller. |
See also:
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=4066
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by Bill Pearson
ufcw789 (nospam) ufcw789.org (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
07 Jan 2002
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For those of us trying to represent workers,it's easy to see how much room there is for improvement.Their(the workers) stories seldom get told, seems everything else is more important.The reality is this, the labor movement will never win the battle to organize untill we inspire workers to believe we can help them.That means we start by changing the laws that bad employers use to beat workers.Peter Miller's piece on organized slaughter is a year and a half after it started, but it's timely and on course of where we have to go.The suffering and injustice workers endure today is just as demoralizing as it was a hundred years ago.We need those stories told and retold, so at some point Union leadership,membership and all those committed to social justice will make enough noise to make a difference.Untill that time, little will change.Thank's Peter for trying to spread the word.In Solidarity,Bill Pearson,president,789. |
