Teamsters Tell Colonel Sanders: Stop Your Supplier's War on Workers

[Omaha Steve]

http://digital50.com/news/items/PR/2007/09/10/DCM030/teamsters-tell-colonel-sanders-stop-your-suppliers-war-on-workers.html

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 PRNewswire-USNewswire — Teamsters and student activists will rally today at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants across the country to demand that a key KFC supplier respect the rights of its workers and to urge that the supplier reverse disastrous cuts in health care and retirement benefits, including the elimination of health care benefits for its retirees.

Distributing leaflets drawing attention to a series of health code violations at local KFCs, the union and its community allies are demanding that Seattle-based National Frozen Foods Corporation cease all anti-worker activities at its plant in Chehalis, Washington.

Protests will take place in Washington D.C., California, Washington State, Oregon, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and at a number of universities throughout the U.S.

"We are determined to get the word out about serious health violations at local KFCs and serious labor conditions at National Frozen Foods Corporation," said Fred Gegare, director of the Teamsters food processing division. "These companies are not going to get away with corporate greed in the 21st century. National Frozen Foods picked this fight because of their greed."

FULL story at link.

[Parche]

1. KFC

WOW, I am eating there this Friday!!! :hi: