TEAMSTERS ORGANIZING ILLEGALS

BY SFC DRAKE
ON AUG 4, 2014






(TRACY, Calif.) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa led a major rally in support of 900 food processing workers at Taylor Farms, the largest supplier of fresh-cut produce in the world. More than 700 Teamsters, Taylor Farms workers and community supporters packed in front of a stage outside the company’s plant in Tracy, Calif. where low-wage workers have been organizing against poverty pay, abusive working conditions, and extreme anti-union retaliation by the company.

“I bring you greetings from the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters union,” Hoffa told workers at the rally. “I’ve heard about the lack of respect here, the fact that people can’t use the restroom when they need to, and that workers have been here ten years and are temporary employees. That’s got to change – and we’re going to change it.”

Hoffa stood before a large crowd of workers holding signs that said “Dignity for All Workers” and “Food Workers Feed America.” Chants of “Si Se Puede” (Yes We Can) and “Teamster Power” erupted as other speakers took to the stage, including workers like Brenda Vega.

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BELOW FROM TEAMSTERS. ORG AND THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE:

Workers in Tracy, California following in the footsteps of labor leader and civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, are taking their fight to the public. The workers’ struggle for a better life for their families is supported by Teamsters in California and nationwide. We are building a movement for respect for the workers who feed America.


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