Huntleigh wheelchair agents – members of SEIU 32BJ -- confronted JetBlue and Air Canada at National Airport yesterday, about Huntleigh’s failure – unlike all other wheelchair agents -- to pay the full MWAA minimum wage. Striking UFCW members at Heaven Hill Distillery voted Saturday to approve a new five-year contract that preserves health care benefits and overtime pay. The distillery workers had been on strike since September , fighting for a fair contract. “With the strong support of the Bardstown community, including many local businesses and community leaders, these hardworking men and women at Heaven Hill courageously stood up to fight for what all Kentucky families want—good jobs, affordable health care and to be treated right by the company they made a success,” said UFCW Local 23D President Matt Aubrey. “Together, these hardworking Kentuckians preserved the affordable healthcare, overtime pay and fair scheduling that enables them to balance work with supporting their families.” Afro-Brazilian union leader and city councilman Alexsandro Faria was shot dead earlier this month. Known as Sandro do Sindicato, or Sandro from the Union, he was on his way to a worker assembly when he was shot dead. “Sandro was a worker who moved up to lead a union, an Afro-Brazilian whose connections to the grassroots brought him to public office," says Solidarity Center Brazil Country Program Director Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia. “This is a huge loss." Find out more at Solidarity Center. |