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NYT: Carwash Workers in Queens Strike in Solidarity With Fired Colleague
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/nyregion/queens-carwash-workers-strike-in-solidarity-with-fired-colleague.html?_r=1&
By JULIE TURKEWITZ
Published: June 1, 2013
In April, workers at the Jomar Car Wash in Flushing, Queens, voted to join a union, a move they said would help them improve working conditions. But on Saturday, they walked off the job after one of the workers was fired over a confrontation with an owner.
The owner, Jose Pires, was arrested on Friday morning after the worker, Guillermo Anzures, said that Mr. Pires had tried to throw him to the ground. Mr. Pires dismissed Mr. Anzures, who called the police. Mr. Pires was charged with assault and harassment, the police said.
Other workers said this was just another example of mistreatment by their bosses since they voted to unionize.
The carwash is owned by Mr. Pires and at least two others, John Lage and Fernando Magalhaes, according to a Jomar manager.
FULL story at link.