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Hunger strike - University of Miami

Janitors, housekeepers and groundkeepers at the University of Miami have been demanding what is a simple, basic human right: to join a union. Their employer is threatening and intimidating them, and the university is refusing to support their struggle. They are demanding that former Clinton administration official Donna Shalala, president of the university, intervene in the dispute and tell the company (UNICCO) to recognize these workers' right to form a union. Shalala is stubbornly refusing. Both the workers and a half dozen university students have gone on a liquids-only hunger strike. Civil rights leaders, politicians and labour leaders have rallied to their cause. The workers are laying their lives on the line for dignity at work. Already, several have been hospitalized. For more, and to email support, see http://www.labourstart.org/

posted by Defend Our Universities committee @ 7:54 PM