Location: Unions
October 09, 2003
Berkeley Bowl Union Action, Sunday 10/12
Maybe it's just me, but the Berkeley Bowl management's unwillingness to accept their worker's desire to unionize is a little mystifying. Anyway, I just received the following email (and cannot in any way vouch for the accuracy of the claims made in it)
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The Berkeley Bowl workers will be voting on October
30th on whether to unionize or not. Management will
be intensifying their anti-union campaign over the
next couple of weeks. They have already broken
numerous laws: including firing 2 pro-union workers,
spying on workers, threatening to close the store, and
interrogating workers about their stance on the union.
There have also been various attempts to bribe
workers to make them vote against the union, including
changing benefits packages and giving raises. Most
recently Berkeley Bowl has hired a human
resources/business partner with skills in union
avoidance and has told workers that they aren't to
talk to co-workers or customers about the union while
they are on the clock.
Action...
When: This Sunday October 12th from 2pm-6pm
Where: In front of Berkeley Bowl, 2020 Oregon St
Why: Worker's need your support and encouragement
We will be in front of the store from 2pm-6pm with
ballons and flyers to pass out information to
customers and allow them to share their support quite
visibly with Berkeley Bowl workers. Even if you can
only make it for a small amount of time, please stop
by and show your support for the workers in the midst
of their struggle.
For more info feel free to email us at
BerkeleyBowlUnion@yahoo.com
and stay posted to San Farncisco Indymedia for updates
http://www.indybay.org
Solidarity Forever - Berkeley Bowl workers
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If I were in town, I'd agitate for the union. As anyone who shops at the bowl knows, with the crap those workers have to deal with, they deserve collective bargaining rights.