From: Allie Robbins (peaceout@gwu.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 13:18:10 EDT
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Dear GW and Labor Community members,
Currently the food service workers at GW are renegotiating the contract
between Aramark and HERE Local 25. For the past four years Aramark has been
the food service provider and in that time span the workers have had to endure
unnecessary hardship. Management has been verbally abusive, unresponsive to
unsafe and unhealthy work conditions, tardy in providing mandatory raises as
stipulated in the contract.Local 25 has filed more grievances at this location
than for all of the other 8,000 workers that it represents.
Now the works are united to have their grievances settled, and negotiate a
fair contract that will ensure them dignity and respect at the work place.
But this will not be easy and they need the support of the George Washington
University community, and labor supporters to be in solidarity with them
through this struggle.
Direct Fax and Emails to:
Jim Gillespie by Email at jimgill@gwu.edu and fax 202-994-5340. President
Steven Joel Tractenberg by Email (Assistants Email) hdi@gwu.edu and fax
202-994-0654
Please click here to send a fax for GW dining service workers:
<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/JusticeForGWDiningWorkers>
Example:
As a member of The George Washington University, and labor communities, I am
concerned with issues of unfair labor practice being such as widespread pay
discrepancies, safety violations, general lack of respect, improper
suspensions and firings without just cause, as well as numerous other
contract violations by Aramark, contracted by The George Washington
University, to supply dining services. I urge Aramark to negotiate fairly and
in good faith with the workers and representatives of the Hotel Employees
Restaurant Employees Union Local 25. I feel that Aramark has a responsibility
to uphold basic worker and human rights.
The George Washington University has the responsibility to hold Aramark
accountable for its actions in order to ensure that our dining service
employees are afforded the dignity and respect that their work should
guarantee. I support the workers as they begin contract negotiations as the
bargaining unit of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE) Local
25.
Sincerely,
XXXX
Talking points:
-At this location there are more grievances filed than for all the other 8,000
members represented by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 25
combined.
-The workers are seeking to ensure basic human rights and dignity.
-The ability to be contacted by their family members in cases of emergency
-to work in a safe and healthy environment
-to not be verbally abused and dehumanized by their supervisors
-to be allowed to change in a private secure location -hallways lined with
lockers is an unacceptable and insulting substitute
-have their pay and benefits secured and delivered.
-The workers in addition to fixing existing problems with management are
seeking additional guarantees to ensure that these problems do not persist
during their next contract. They require language allowing for employees to
formally reprimand management that uses fool and/or abusive language while
speaking with an employee. Not needing to present a doctor slip to
management on days they call in sick in order to receive sick pay. To
implementation of single point person responsible for distributing checks on
Friday, to ensure that paychecks are easy to track down. To stop the
excessive sub-contracting of Union jobs, which Aramark insists is mandated
by the University. Eliminating the "National Brand" classification, which
allows Aramark to pay employees less money for performing the same job that
other classifications perform. Most importantly the vast majority of these
workers have been at George Washington University long before Aramark's
reign of terror began, and will be there long after Aramark has gone. These
workers are the one's providing the service to the students, and maintain a
relationship with them, not Aramark.
Aramark has been ruthless in their managing of these employees, instilling
compliance through fear and intimidation, rather than through a mutual respect
for the workers. Now they need your help to ensure that these hardships will
come to and end and instill dignity and respect at the work place.
Please click here to send a fax for GW dining service workers:
<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/JusticeForGWDiningWorkers>
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"Those of us who love Peace must learn to organize as efficiently as those who
love war"
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Eleiza Braun
Field Organizer-Student Peace Action Network
202-862-9740 ext.3051
202-421-6938(cell)
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