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XEROX MASS-FIRES UNION SUPPORTERS

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One by one, 14 union supporters at the E-Z Pass administrative center in New York got a call from their boss on Monday asking them to "come into my office." Then, one by one, all union supporters were told that their services were no longer needed. One union activist, Frank Buonvicino, was told that "we know you were one of the union leaders," as he was let go. On the Friday before they were fired, all these workers had sent a message by standing up for 60 seconds while continuing to work.

The E-Z Pass administrative center is operated by Xerox.  Xerox is refusing to bargain a contract with these newly-organized CWA members, even though they won an election in May of 2009.

"I gave 150% to this company for five years," said Frank Buonvicino. "I am asking my union brothers and sisters to help us get our jobs back."

Help Frank and the other E-Z Pass workers get their jobs back.  Take action right now: Tell Xerox CEO Ursula Burns that firing union supporters and refusing to bargain is outrageous.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 March 2010 15:43 )

 

Home healthcare agency follows Democrats’ lead in busting labor

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by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 02/18/2010, 3:11 PM

 

When the state Democratic leadership called the cops on organized labor last year in a ham-fisted effort to get out of voting on the Workers Privacy Act, they sent a couple of strong messages to employers statewide.

Last Updated ( Friday, 19 February 2010 13:58 )

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Judge to Pratt & Whitney: Keep Work in U.S.

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by James Parks, Feb 9, 2010

A federal court issued an injunction Feb. 4 against Pratt & Whitney, preventing the company from moving work and equipment out of their Cheshire and East Hartford, Conn., plants and keeping 1,000 hourly and salaried workers on the job. Machinists (IAM) District 26 had filed suit, saying the decision to move the work violated their contract.  

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 February 2010 16:14 )

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How the Corporations Broke America

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By STEPHEN FLEISCHMAN

They started with the labor unions.

The labor movement, in this country, was brought to its knees by the corporate oligarchy, feeling its oats, in the 1980s.

Labor had a great tradition of fight in this country, going back to the Knights of Labor, organized in 1869, right up to the organization of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, (CIO) a federation of unions that organized workers industrially from 1935 to 1955 when it merged with the AFL.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 February 2010 15:48 )

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Corporation files to run for Congress: important marketing strategy questions remain unanswered

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by Dr. Sidicious Bonesparkle

 

Corporate FlagThe Supreme Court has decreed that corporations are persons and money is speech, so it was only a matter of time before a company decided to exercise its Constitutional right to run for Congress.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:47 )

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