“No Justice, No Piece”: Pizza Company Accused of Targeting Immigrant Strikers

[Omaha Steve]

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13374/wisconsin_union_palermos_pizza_strike_nlrb_election_voces/

Wednesday Jun 13, 2012 10:07 am

By Josh Eidelson



Workers picket outside Palermo's Milwaukee factory. (Photo by Jenna Pope)


MILWAUKEE – Workers at Palermo’s Pizza have been on strike for two weeks. They say they chose to strike after Palermo’s met their efforts to form a union with threats and retaliation, including the use of immigration enforcement as a weapon. Slogans include “No Justice, No Piece.” On Monday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set a union election for July 6.

“We want Palermo’s to treat us as a person,” striker Orlando Sosa said as he picketed Palermo’s Milwaukee factory.

In interviews last week – some on a picket line, others following a Get Out the Vote Rally led by Jesse Jackson – Palermo’s workers said the strike was caused by years of abusive work conditions and weeks of anti-union intimidation.

“From my point of view, there’s been a lot of exploitation,” says Roberto Silva (he and other Palermo’s workers were interviewed in a mix of English and Spanish). He described being forced to work 70 to 80 hours a week, even while sick, and being threatened with job abandonment when he asked for a break. “You have to work until you can’t,” says Silva.

FULL story at link.

[longship]

1. "No Pizza for You!"

The pizza nazis strike out against their own workers. (homage to Jerry Seinfeld)

[limpyhobbler]

2. No Justice No Piece ????