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Groundbreaking Contract for Napoleonville Members - Tuesday 3. of June
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On May 20, SEIU 100 signed a new pay scale for all employees at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Napoleonville, LA. All LPN's received an extra $1.50 per hour. CNA's and Dietary Cooks received $.50 more per hour, and if CNA's show up on time and work a full shift they receive another $1.00 per hour. N...
By Orell Fitzsimmons, 3-06-08 12:52
Category: Living Wage
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Heritage Manor members in Napoleonville
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Dallas Sanitation Workers Keep Eyes On The Prize - Tuesday 3. of June
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Issues Include Living Wage, Safety Gear, Paychecks
By Kenneth Stretcher, 3-06-08 12:25
Category: Living Wage
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Dallas Sanitation workers present their demands at an early-morning press conference.
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Common Kitchens Presents Uncommon Problems for HISD Members - Tuesday 3. of June
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Loreta Nicolas is a Food Service employee at the HISD Common Kitchen, which will be cooking all of the food for 300 schools, freezing it, then shipping it out to the schools. We are expecting the quality of the food fed to our children to go way down.
The new program will also reduce the number ...
By , 3-06-08 01:00
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Loreta & Guy Nicolas.
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Local 100 Helps With Worker's Comp - Thursday 17. of April
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The pain on her face is all too real.
Maria Murillo’s injury occurred in the Milby kitchen on March 16th when she slipped on a wet floor. Her knee will never be the same and her life is in shambles. Many workers in America face this same problem every day.
With no health insurance, her care is...
By Orell Fitzsimmons, 17-04-08 10:27
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Injured Milby food service member Maria Murillo.
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Gasoline Price Tipping Point - Thursday 17. of April
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At what price for gasoline will a "tipping point" occur?
The tipping point is when a massive number of low-wage workers will not be able to drive their cars to work every morning. In Houston at Stop & Go, the price today is $3.33 per gallon.
The numbers are easy to add. A worker making $7 an h...
By Orell Fitzsimmons, 17-04-08 10:13
Category: Houston
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Gas prices like these in Houston are rapidly approaching a tipping point when people won't be able to afford driving to work each day.
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Three Teachers Forced To Sort Clothes In Warehouse - Thursday 17. of April
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GCCSA teachers Delma Garcia, Felicia Ughanze and Genieve Walker recently found themselves with unwanted jobs sorting clothes in a hot, dusty warehouse.
They found themseleves together because of the requirement under Head Start regulations to remove teachers and teachers aides from their claassro...
By Orell Fitzsimmons, 17-04-08 10:05
Category: School Employees
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GCCSA teachers Delma Garcia, Felicia Ughanze and Genieve Walker.
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