In my state. The home of labor. Michigan. fifteen immigrant women were fired for attending one of the immigration rallies.
That stinks in a very bad way. In France, millions poured into the streets to stop the slightest hint that worker rights would be rolled back.
What will we do in America. My guess is nothing. But we ought to. Identify the products of this company. Or the companies that they service. Send a letter demanding that the women be re-hired. Or implement a boycott of the business/businesses involved.
The story reports the offending company as the Wolverine Packing Co. This should be confirmed, and they should be brought to task.
Some will probably say, “Hey, the women shouldn’t have left work.” I say baloney. This is about the power of people. If hundreds of thousands can be mobilized seeking justice on a legislative issue, than those same good souls ought to mobilize to help these women who sought to help that movement. Solidarity.
It is time in this country to start fighting back against corporate power (he says, right before he runs off to try to scrape two nickels together via some crass commercialist endeavor).
I hope someone has time to take up this cause.
