A original York protest against a corporate restaurant chain highlights an effort of David v Goliath proportions amid a ‘virulent anti-labor campaign’ Firing low-wage workers in original York,a city fuelled by immigrant labor, may once gain been a risk-free undertaking by employers. But a recent impassioned rally outside Bröd Kitchen’s West 4th Street location, and protesting the chain’s abrupt decision to close two stores and to fire all the workers in the midst of union contract negotiations,suggests this may no longer be the case. Penned into narrow barricades and surrounded by police, around 300 immigrant workers and their activist supporters do the city on notice that their battle to gain respect in the workplace is just beginning. Related: How Kohler employees' united front won original contract and 'livable wages' Related: Strong unions strengthen democracies – and deliver peace | Houcine Abassi and Richard L Trumka Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com