Support Striking Daycon Workers Today!

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Walk the line with striking Daycon workers this morning! The workers - members of Teamsters 639 - have been on strike against the local cleaning supplies company since Monday, with no end in sight. "We're fighting for equal pay for equal work," says Daycon driver Eugene Brown. Daycon's current unfair pay scale means that newer workers can never catch up to longer-term workers, even though they do the same work. Meanwhile, Daycon posts record profits and refuses to share the wealth with their workers. Metro Council President Jos Williams will broadcast his usual Friday segment on WPFW 89.3 FM live from the picketline; 16001 Trade Zone Ave, Upper Marlboro, MD. Please join him between 8:30A and 10A to show the Daycon workers they're not alone in their struggle for jobs with justice! The Community Services Agency is encouraging people to help support the strikers; donations earmarked “IBT Strikers” can be sent to the CSA at 888 16th Street, NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20006. – photo by Chris Garlock