This information arrived on Sept. 24th from Arise Chicago.
With strategic support from Arise Chicago, this morning the El Milagro workers held a press conference announcing that, after staging a lawful walk-out yesterday afternoon, they had been unlawfully locked out of their production plant last night. The night shift arrived and showed solidarity by joining the walk-out. This morning all workers who walked out presented themselves to Human Resources to return to work, as the company requested.
Following the press conference this morning, the company informed the workers that the lock-out had ended and workers would be compensated for the six hours of lost time! Victory to the workers!
However, when the workers returned to the plant, they were met in the parking lot by hostile security guards, 1 armed with a gun. These tactics will not intimidate the workers but do reveal the maliciousness of the company against their workers, many of whom have given decades of loyal service. So the struggle continues.
The workers are demanding that management meet with their Workers Committee by Wednesday, September 29 to discuss safety, wages, and to end sexual harassment.
YOU CAN DO TWO THINGS IN ONE MINUTE TO SUPPORT THE EL MILAGRO WORKERS.
1. Call Raulinda Sierra at El Milagro at (773) 579-6120. Select your language and then the option for HR. Tell her you are a concerned customer and you want her to meet with the Workers’ Committee by September 29.
2. Show support by signing and sharing the Arise petition and spreading the word on social media using @AriseChicago #ElMaltratoTortillas #ElMilagroElMaltrato
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