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Monday Rally in Emeryville to Save Woodfin Hotel Workers' Jobs

Fri Nov 10 2006

Immigrant Workers Threatened After They Speak Out for Hotel Workers' Rights

On Monday, November 13th there will be a rally against threatened mass firings at the Woodfin Hotel in Emeryville. Hotel workers and their supporters will gather at 5:00pm at 5800 Shellmound St. for a "high-energy, family-friendly, musical, candle-lit community protest."

These immigrant workers received notices several weeks ago saying that the company believed their social security numbers were incorrect, and giving them a deadline of October 19th to fix the problem. After an outcry from the community, the Woodfin extended its deadline by a month, and no workers have yet been fired. Hotel managers are still insisting that they will terminate any employee who cannot correct a social security “no-match.â€