Rally To Hold American Water Co. Accountable
Wednesday, June 8, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Labor and community allies will rally against the American Water Company
– the largest for-profit water utility in the US – in Alexandria, Virginia
this Thursday to demand accountability for “steep employee cuts and consumer
rate hikes,” reports the Utility Workers Union of America. The action –
which is co-sponsored by SEIU Local 32BJ and the AFL-CIO – is part of a
national effort to “fight back against demands by American Water to impose
substantial takeaways in contract negotiations and threaten the job security of
workers under local agreements.” Demonstrators will meet at the King Street
Metro station at 10:45A; click
here for details.