Solidarity Letter for IU 460 Workers in NYC

The Labor Commission encourages Socialist Party USA locals and other groups to adopt the language in this letter and send contributions in solidarity with the foodstuff warehouse workers organizing with the Industrial Workers of the World in New York City. Checks payable to the NYC IWW can be sent to PO Box 7430, JAF Station, NY 10116. You can also contribute electronically by making a payment to iww-nyc@iww.org at www.paypal.com/. For more info see www.wobblycity.org.


Dear IU 460 Workers of New York City,

The Socialist Party of Boston is watching your struggle against Amersino, the Handyfat Trading Co., the Sunrise Plus Corp. and other food warehouse companies with great concern. We are appalled by the dismal working conditions and anti-union hostility that our fellow workers are facing. We join with others in the labor movement to demand that Lester Wen of the Sunrise Plus Corp. (formerly EZ-Supply Corp.), rehire the thirteen workers who were fired for union activity, and bargain in good faith with the Industrial Workers of the World, IU 460. Furthermore, we demand that Sunrise Plus Corp. treat all workers with equal respect, regardless of their immigration status. To this same standard for labor rights we also hold Dennis Ho of the Handyfat Trading Co., who has fired nine workers, and Henry Wang of Amersino who fired five workers, during union-busting campaigns.
The Boston area local of the Socialist Party is acutely aware of that time-honored IWW motto, “An injury to one is an injury to all.” When the rights of some are violated, the rights of all are threatened. When workers in Queens are exploited and forced out of their jobs and their union by greedy employers, it insults the dignity and saps the strength of workers everywhere.
We recognize the IWW as an ally in the struggle for a new global society based on equality and cooperation. Therefore, we unanimously resolve to pledge our solidarity to the wobblies of Amersino, Handyfat Trading Co., Sunrise Plus Corp. and other companies in the industry, in your struggle to get your jobs back with higher wages, overtime pay, respect on the job, and the right to organize without fear of retaliation.


In Solidarity,
Socialist Party USA, Boston Area Local
www.spboston.org/

March for IWW Warehouse Workers in NYC

IWW And Make The Road By Walking Keep On Marching To End Slave Wages And Defend Workers' Right To Organize!

The SPUSA is working with the Labor Commission and the NYC Local to organize a contingent at this event. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail us at natsec@sp-usa.org

Join the IWW and Make the Road by Walking in a march through Bushwick to protest the widespread failure to pay immigrant workers minimum wage and overtime throughout Bushwick. In an attempt to rise out of sweatshop conditions, workers in the Brooklyn wholesale food distribution industry have engaged in strikes, protests, and filed lawsuits alleging minimum wage and overtime violations. Over 30 workers from three warehouses were fired in the past few months in retaliation for their union activities. These workers need your support as they struggle to enforce the minimum wage and demand their right to organize. At Associated Supermarket owners have committed egregious wage violations against their workers, including failure to pay minimum wage and overtime, and having some workers paid in tips only with absolutely no benefits. The march will begin at 9:30 am and proceed through the industrial areas of Bushwick, Williamsburg and Ridgewood. DRESS FOR COLD WEATHER!! For the latest updates and more information on the campaigns visit: www.wobblycity.org www.maketheroad.org For more info call Billy J Randal at 646 645-6284 or Tomer Malchi at 646-753-1167

Starting location: 9:30 am at Sunrise Plus / E-Z Supply, 48-01 Metropolitan Ave., Ridgewood, Queens. - take (L) train to Grand St. - walk east on Grand over bridge and onto Metropolitan Ave. - walk 6 blocks past fork in the road, Sunrise Plus / E-Z Supply will be on the left. (See street map at < http://tinyurl.com/3bre6b/> or < http://maps.yahoo.com/>) - people will be stationed at the (L) stop from 9:30 - 10AM to give directions Secondary meet-up / Press meet up: 11:30 - 11:45am at the Morgan stop of the L train. The March will wait for 15 minutes at the Morgan stop before marching on Handfat - Handyfat is 2 blocks south from the Morgan stop on Thames between Morgan and Bogart. At 1:00pm we will march from Handyfat to Associated Supermarket on Knickerbocker Ave.