Vol. 71/No. 36 October 1, 2007
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California laundry workers strike for union |
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Militant/Dean Hazelwood
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COMMERCE, California—Striking laundry workers and their supporters held a spirited picket line and rally here September 15. These workers at Prudential Overall Supply organized by UNITE HERE have stopped work to back striking workers at the company’s Vista and Milpitas, California, plants. “The workers at the other plants want a union and the company is trying to intimidate them,” said Lily Villanueva, who works in the Commerce facility. “There is lots of abuse. It is very hot in the plant and they are told not to drink water so they won’t have to go to the bathroom. Whether or not you get a raise is up to the supervisor. We went out in solidarity with them.”
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