TAKE
BACK THE POWER: UNIONS FIGHT CON ED LOCKOUT
It’s Day 13 of the
Con Ed lockout of 8,500 UWU Local 1-2 workers. As of July 3, Con Ed
cut off workers’ health insurance, and effective this week workers
are filing for unemployment with the NYS Unemployment Trust Fund.
Many members with families have been forced to file for public
assistance in the form of food stamps, Medicaid and Childcare+, a
state-run health insurance program for minors. It’s unconscionable
that Con Ed, a public utility, is passing along the costs of its
illegal and dangerous lockout to other state businesses and the
taxpaying public. The labor movement is standing strongly alongside
Local 1-2, with a series of events planned in coming days.
Massive rally planned for
July 17: please share widely and encourage your members to
turn out. The NYC CLC and Local 1-2 are organizing a show of
union strength and solidarity for Tuesday, July 17. Please
assemble at the Local 1-2 picket line at 4 Irving Place at 4:30pm,
and then march to Union Square for a 5:30pm rally. We need your
help to send Con Ed a unified and amplified message: Fair Contract
Now!
For more information check out the website below
http://conedripoff.com/
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