Arizona workers employed by companies with contracts with the City of Phoenix at Sky Harbor Airport need our help. Their salaries have been reduced, they have no healthcare or benefits and the companies will not talk to them. Corrine Horowitz of the UFCW asked that we send letters to the Phoenix City Council concerning these working conditions at the Airport. Please copy the letter below or write your own then drop them off at Democratic Headquarters or send them to Corrine Horowitz at UFCW99, at 2401 N Central Ave, 2nd Floor, Phoenix, 85004-1331.
August 4, 2011
TO: Mayor Phil Gordon
Members of the Phoenix City Council
Danny Murphy, Phoenix Sky Harbor Aviation Director
Members of the Downtown Aviation Advisory Committee
Sky Harbor Airport workers take pride in making a great first impression. They serve our guests coffee, offer them a ride to their gate, and keep them company while shining their shoes-and they do it all with a smile.
Because workers at Sky Harbor Airport are the first and last faces visitors to our great city see, they are extremely important to the local economy and community. As such, business that have contracts there, or anywhere else with the City of Phoenix, should be a source of high quality jobs for Valley residents.
Yet many Airport workers, who are also residents of our city, are struggling to feed their families and face difficult conditions at work every day.
A group of employees at GCA Services-one of the companies contracted by the City of Phoenix to clean the Airport terminals-recently began to respond to those conditions. In May, over thirty of these working men and women went to GCA's Mesa headquarters to talk to company management about these and other concerns. GCA management refused to even meet with the employees, and just days afterward, the company terminated three employees who were trying to form a union.
GCA employees have stated their wish to improve their access to health insurance, to earn fair wages, to share costs for their security badges and uniforms; and to end the requirement for a doctor's note for even a single day in which they are sick and cannot work.
The men and women who make Sky Harbor "America's Friendliest Airport" must be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve. In particular, employees at GCA, should be able to exercise their right to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions without fear of harassment, intimidation, or termination.
We, the undersigned, ask that you ensure that GCA and all other companies that do business with the city of Phoenix, treat their workers with dignity and respect.
Sincerely,
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There will be a Jobs Rally at the State Capitol from noon until 2pm on August 10th. Will you attend? Arizonans need JOBS and your support. Please attend.
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Wisconsin also needs your help.
From DFA: Here's the latest update in Wisconsin --
We have to win at least three Republican recall elections next week to take back the State Senate and we're looking good in two districts right now. Districts 18 and 32 are blue districts and we have two great Democratic candidates. We should be able to pick up both of these seats if we keep running strong.
Polls show us leading in District 14, but not by much. We've gone all-in here with a great TV ad and with thousands of volunteers on the ground and across the country making calls to voters every day.
We're behind in Districts 2, 8 and 10, but polls show us catching up fast. We just expanded our canvass in District 10 and now we're going on offense in District 8 with a powerful new TV ad. But we need your help to get it on the air today.
Can you contribute $8 to help us put our new ad on the air in District 8?
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