The only right we had was to do what they told us to do. For all that’s been accumulating in the time we’ve been working there—it’s given us the strength to fight as far as we can. And the only fight we have with the company now is that they respect the worker.
Cesar, a worker at the Palermo factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Workers have been protesting unfair work conditions- including health and safety violations, a lack of sick leave, wage issues and intimidation of workers. As of now, the strike has lasted 64 days and donations to the strike fund are “desperately needed.”
FILMS: Taylor Chain, UE/Wells, What’s Happening at Local 70?, HSA Hospital Strike ‘75, The Last Pullman Car, Labor Stories
Source: thenation.com
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