Meet the DC JWJ "Scrooge" Nominees
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Nominees for DC Jobs with
Justice’s 2013 Scrooge of the Year award are
DC Mayor Vincent Gray, Metro CEO Richard
Sarles, Restaurant Association CEO Kathy
Hollinger, Tito Contractors and the entire
corporate management at Giant and Safeway.
Click here to vote and if you can’t decide, no
problem, votes are $1 each – the contest is a
fundraiser for DC JWJ -- so vote for as many as
you like! Mayor Gray got the nod for "vetoing
the Large Retailer Accountability Act and
putting Walmart ahead of workers" and for
"spearheading the privatization of our public
transit"; Hollinger got it for "lobbying
against decent wages and working conditions for
restaurant workers"; Sarles for
"discriminatory background checks and policies
against hiring returning citizens", Tito
Contractors for "repeatedly using immigration
threats and intimidation to exploit workers"
and management at Giant and Safeway for the
nomination for "refusing to offer a fair
contract".(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)