{"article":{"id":93617,"heading":"Tell Alhambra to Support the Strikers","author":"johnk","created":"2003-11-11 06:40:11","modified":"2013-11-11 00:27:29","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:27:29","article":"<br>  <br> Please forward this to the folks you know in Alhambra and the SGV.  There are two issues - showing up to support the resolution (tonight, Monday), and the community strike support organization listed at the bottom of the email (Tuesday). <br><br> ALHAMBRA CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION <br><br> Efren Moreno, Alhambra City Councilperson, has introduced a resoultion which will come before the Alhambra City Council on Monday, November 10th.&nbsp; The resolution urges the Grocery Companies and the Union to negotiate in good faith and is similar to one recently passed in the City of Pomona.&nbsp; Anybody and everybody is urged to attend the meeting to show support for the resolution.&nbsp;The council generally has a 3-2 conservative vote history but one or more Councilmen could be swayed to vote for the resolution if enough public pressure is placed upon them.&nbsp; The meeting starts at 7PM and is at Alhambra City Hall, 111 S. First&nbsp; St., Alhambra, between Main St. and Commonwealth.&nbsp; <br><br> City Hall phone # is 626-570-5007.&nbsp; <br><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -------------------------------------------------------- <br><br> 60% of the strikers are women, many of them single mothers. 75% of the strikers work only part-time.&nbsp; Many earn less than $10 an hour.&nbsp;&nbsp;  <br><br> Their employers want to implement&nbsp;measures that will&nbsp;amount to a 50% cut in medical benefits.&nbsp;&nbsp;And they&nbsp;want to slash&nbsp;wages for new employees, thus creating a new \"second class\" of employees. <br><br> This strike affects not only the grocery clerks.&nbsp; It&nbsp;impacts all of us who are campaigning for decent health care benefits and decent wages.&nbsp;&nbsp; A victory for the grocery clerks will give ALL of us more power. <br><br> Please join us Tuesday, November 11th, 7:00 pm,at the Community Room at the Monterey Park City Hall, 320 W. Newmark Ave., to discuss how we can best support our sisters and brothers on the picket lines.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><br> For more information, call&nbsp;626-289-3573.\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Support strikers in the SGV.  There's a resolution up at the Alhambra City Council tonight that needs your bodily support.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/11\/93617.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}