{"article":{"id":18116,"heading":"Assi Workers Locked Out!!","author":"Scott Galindez","created":"2002-08-02 14:34:04","modified":"2005-08-15 01:00:23","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:00:23","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>BEGIN THE ASSI BOYCOTT WITH US TODAY!!! <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> At 6am today, the 60 workers placed on \"Leave of Absence\" entered Assi &amp; began work as usual. Even though, their time cards were not there, workers courageously continued to work despite aggressive pressure from management, security &amp; LAPD. 2 HOURS LATER, the workers were kicked out by the management &amp; LAPD. <br><br> Assi rejected their chance to reinstate their workers &amp; not look like such assholes BUT in true Assi Management style, they took all the cheap &amp; dirty shots that they could. <br><br> THANKS TO ALL WHO STAYED WITH US UNTIL THE LAST 4 WORKERS LEFT ASSI LAST NIGHT !!  <br>  <br> It really encouraged &amp; created more bravery in the workers today! <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Today, at 11:00am a BOYCOTT of ASSI will be announced in a press conference. <br>  <br> Workers will picket from 12pm until 7:30pm TODAY. <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> We are asking SUPPORTERS to come out to PICKET with the workers <br>  <br> at 6:30PM, today August 1 <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> ASSI ESCUCHA! ESTAMOS EN LA LUCHA! <br>  <br> BOYCOTT ASSI ! <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> *Please note that www.boycottassi.com will be available soon for pictures &amp; updates. <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> ******************************************* <br>  <br> Liz Sunwoo <br>  <br> Organizer <br>  <br> Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA) <br>  <br> 3465 W. 8th St., LA, CA 90005 <br>  <br> 213-738-9050 ext. 105, fax 213-738-9919<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"sgalindez@voice4change.org","link":"http:\/\/www.voice4change.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"60 Assi Workers were locked out today after reporting to work despite being suspended. ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout4.jpg","filesize":"77.2 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2002\/08\/18116.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout4.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout4.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout4.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":18117,"heading":"Assi worker prevented from reporting to work","article":"He would later make inside and worked until management arrived..","author":"Scott Galindez","parent_id":18116,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2002-08-02 14:34:04","modified":"2005-08-15 01:00:23","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout1.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout1.jpg"}},{"id":18118,"heading":"Security watches worker who refused to leave..","article":"Police would later arrive and  force this worker and others to leave under the threat of arrest.","author":"Scott Galindez","parent_id":18116,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2002-08-02 14:34:04","modified":"2005-08-15 01:00:23","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout2.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout2.jpg"}},{"id":18119,"heading":"Police Arrive","article":"Workers are threatened with arrest and then they left...vowing to return!!","author":"Scott Galindez","parent_id":18116,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2002-08-02 14:34:04","modified":"2005-08-15 01:00:23","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout3.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2002\/08\/assilockout3.jpg"}}],"comments":[]}