Solidarity
Employers Gird for Immigrant Boycott Today
(May 1, 2006)
Some urged their employees to come to work today despite calls for a broad economic boycott as a show of immigrants' strength. Others announced that they would let workers out early to participate in events, or, unsure of just what today would bring, would close for the day.
In Las Vegas, operators of some of that city's biggest casinos urged their employees to come to work and to channel their concerns about immigration into carefully planned and approved alternatives — signing petitions available at work or attending a rally after the first work shift.
Like signing petitions that may ultimately make their way to Washington will solve anything. These people are shredding the Constitution, is anyone gullible enough to think they will take the time to read, much less act on, a [corporate dictated, thus ‘approved’] petition?
And how mighty considerate of the slavers to offer an alternative, off hours ‘rally’ that only you and your fellow workers will ever know took place…but wait, there’s more corporate generosity ahead!
In the country's midsection, the owners of Cargill Meat Solutions told some 15,000 workers that beef and pork plants in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and other states would close for the day, and, in the case of five of the seven Cargill facilities, open for business next Saturday instead.
Sure you can attend the rally but if you don’t make it up on Saturday (for straight time) you’re fired! [Boycott, what boycott?] […]
"A walkout really isn't the constructive way — it's the opposite of what should be happening," said Alberto Lopez, a spokesman for Harrah's Entertainment, the casino company, where prominent banners and petitions calling for immigration reform (to be delivered, ultimately, to members of Congress) have been placed in employee dining halls. But, in the end, no one was certain what workers would choose to do.
You mean hitting employers where it hurts isn’t ‘constructive’? We’d still be working 60 hours a week with no overtime if everyone thought like that Mr. Lopez. “Petitioning congress’ gets you squat! How nice is it when these heartless bastards place petitions in the lunchroom [to be read on employee’s own time] and to spend money on banners that might have been better spent on employee appreciation? […]
Supporters say it would reveal the size of the country's dependence on immigrant workers and remind Congress of the power behind their voices at a crucial time when leaders in Washington are arguing over whether to allow millions of illegal immigrants to become legal. Opponents, though, say a walkout might erode support for the central goals, and could cause immigrants to be disciplined at their jobs and at school.
Like children, the hired help is to be seen and not heard. How many will be suspended from school or quietly lose their jobs in the coming months for participating in this ‘job action’?
Predictions for the day varied vastly from city to city. […]
In New York City, immigrant rights groups and others were calling on workers and employers to join in "human chains" in locations in all five boroughs at 12:16 p.m. The time, they said, reflects the date — Dec. 16 — that the House of Representatives passed a measure that would make it a felony for an immigrant to stay illegally in the United States. The measure galvanized anger among immigrants' advocates and spurred the first demonstrations. A late afternoon rally in Union Square in Manhattan is also scheduled.
The human chain will hold for 15 or 20 minutes, some organizers said, then disband so that the workday may resume.
Does anyone else notice these 15 minutes take place during the standard employee lunch period! The pricks will probably dock fifteen minutes from any employee that attends the rally and punches in late! [Boycott, what boycott?]
We should all be planning on taking the day off, that’s what solidarity is all about but no, there is no such thing. By the time you realize that you should have backed these people up it will be too late.
The nation is falling apart at the seams but we’re all too busy to do anything about it. How bad do things have to get before you decide to act…because when it gets that bad it will be too late.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
(May 1, 2006)
Some urged their employees to come to work today despite calls for a broad economic boycott as a show of immigrants' strength. Others announced that they would let workers out early to participate in events, or, unsure of just what today would bring, would close for the day.
In Las Vegas, operators of some of that city's biggest casinos urged their employees to come to work and to channel their concerns about immigration into carefully planned and approved alternatives — signing petitions available at work or attending a rally after the first work shift.
Like signing petitions that may ultimately make their way to Washington will solve anything. These people are shredding the Constitution, is anyone gullible enough to think they will take the time to read, much less act on, a [corporate dictated, thus ‘approved’] petition?
And how mighty considerate of the slavers to offer an alternative, off hours ‘rally’ that only you and your fellow workers will ever know took place…but wait, there’s more corporate generosity ahead!
In the country's midsection, the owners of Cargill Meat Solutions told some 15,000 workers that beef and pork plants in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and other states would close for the day, and, in the case of five of the seven Cargill facilities, open for business next Saturday instead.
Sure you can attend the rally but if you don’t make it up on Saturday (for straight time) you’re fired! [Boycott, what boycott?] […]
"A walkout really isn't the constructive way — it's the opposite of what should be happening," said Alberto Lopez, a spokesman for Harrah's Entertainment, the casino company, where prominent banners and petitions calling for immigration reform (to be delivered, ultimately, to members of Congress) have been placed in employee dining halls. But, in the end, no one was certain what workers would choose to do.
You mean hitting employers where it hurts isn’t ‘constructive’? We’d still be working 60 hours a week with no overtime if everyone thought like that Mr. Lopez. “Petitioning congress’ gets you squat! How nice is it when these heartless bastards place petitions in the lunchroom [to be read on employee’s own time] and to spend money on banners that might have been better spent on employee appreciation? […]
Supporters say it would reveal the size of the country's dependence on immigrant workers and remind Congress of the power behind their voices at a crucial time when leaders in Washington are arguing over whether to allow millions of illegal immigrants to become legal. Opponents, though, say a walkout might erode support for the central goals, and could cause immigrants to be disciplined at their jobs and at school.
Like children, the hired help is to be seen and not heard. How many will be suspended from school or quietly lose their jobs in the coming months for participating in this ‘job action’?
Predictions for the day varied vastly from city to city. […]
In New York City, immigrant rights groups and others were calling on workers and employers to join in "human chains" in locations in all five boroughs at 12:16 p.m. The time, they said, reflects the date — Dec. 16 — that the House of Representatives passed a measure that would make it a felony for an immigrant to stay illegally in the United States. The measure galvanized anger among immigrants' advocates and spurred the first demonstrations. A late afternoon rally in Union Square in Manhattan is also scheduled.
The human chain will hold for 15 or 20 minutes, some organizers said, then disband so that the workday may resume.
Does anyone else notice these 15 minutes take place during the standard employee lunch period! The pricks will probably dock fifteen minutes from any employee that attends the rally and punches in late! [Boycott, what boycott?]
We should all be planning on taking the day off, that’s what solidarity is all about but no, there is no such thing. By the time you realize that you should have backed these people up it will be too late.
The nation is falling apart at the seams but we’re all too busy to do anything about it. How bad do things have to get before you decide to act…because when it gets that bad it will be too late.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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