Handyfat Workers Win $360,000 in Back Pay

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.iww.org/en/node/4006

Submitted by Steph on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:30pm.



IWW to picket Handyfat Trading in celebration of jury award for 6 fired workers of $360,000 in back pay!

Workers from Handyfat Trading founded IWW Industrial Union 460 in December 2005. They were instrumental and active in organizing all the other food service shops that have joined IU 460 since then (ten shops). In addition, these workers along with the workers from EZ Supply/Sunrise Plus achieved the first collective bargaining agreements in this segment of the food industry.

In December 2006 and January 2007, all union members from both Handyfat and EZ Supply were fired. After winning orders of reinstatement and back wages at the NLRB, the workers now begin to win the court battles for their stolen backwages.

The IWW will be holding a picket and press conference this Saturday at Handyfat.

Saturday - March 15th, 2008 at 10am

at Morgan and Thames street in Bushwick, Brooklyn (Look for the big rat on the corner) L train to the Morgan Avenue station The press will be invited to talk to the workers about their struggle and victory.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. The abuses that Handyfat workers endured were made possible

by a practically nonexistent Department of Labor. I wonder why the state of New York didn't get involved earlier, considering the way Handyfat flaunted the wage & hour laws (60-hour workweeks in which the workers earned only $280/week, for example).

Their victory is our victory!