Demo Supports Howard Headstart Workers
Monday, April 4, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
A demonstration tomorrow (see On The Line) will support the ongoing
efforts by workers at the Community Action Council of Howard County Head Start
to win a union. Two years after organizing – and a year after defeating a
decertification campaign – the workers still have no contract and the employer
is trying to intimidate them by disciplining pro-union supporters, reports SEIU
Local 500 Field Mobilization Director Barbara Chavez. The first contract
bargaining session since the unsuccessful decert is set for tomorrow, but
“workers are reluctant to take action without additional support,” says
Chavez, so “It’s critical to show solidarity with our brothers and sisters
in Howard County.”