Stand with SEIU-USWW Janitors in a Major March Against JP Morgan Chase

Despite receiving $94.7 billion in taxpayer aid and giving its bank executives more than $9 billion in bonuses, JP Morgan Chase laid off 16 SEIU-USWW janitors at its Century Plaza Towers and 2000 Avenue of the Stars because of "budget cuts."

The remaining 57 janitors were told to provide the same full cleaning services with a 20% staff reduction. They refused to work under these unsafe working conditions. JP Morgan Chase suspended them from their jobs.

JP Morgan Chase recently earned a net profit of nearly $5 billion in its 2nd quarter -- an increase of nearly 80% over the same quarter last year.  In 5 hours, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase CEO, makes what one of these janitors brings home in a year.

While Californians are still struggling in this economy to keep their jobs and their homes, JP Morgan Chase is the largest holder of foreclosed properties in LA County, owning a total of 85,626 foreclosed homes in the area.

Six of the janitors who were laid off by JP Morgan Chase began a hunger strike on Tuesday, August 24, in front of 2000 Avenue of the Stars. It will last for three days.  Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the main building tenant.

Join a major march and demonstration to support the janitors who are on hunger strike!

When: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 12 noon
Where:  2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City

For more information, contact Marx Gutierrez, SEIU-USWW, (323) 459-8669.

Join Our Labor Day Event

Labor Day Breakfast with Jerry Brown
When:    Monday, September 6, 7:00 AM    
Where:    Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Conference Center, 555 West Temple St. Los Angeles, CA 90012

Contact:    Michelle Bumactao
213-381-5611 Ext. 121 or  mbumactao@launionaflcio.org      

Note:    Registration opens at 7:00 am, followed by breakfast at 7:30 am.
Reservations must be made through your local union affiliate.           

Labor Day Mass    
When:    Monday, September 6, 10:00 AM   
Where:    Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 West Temple St. Los Angeles, CA 90012   
Contact:    Caroline O'Connor 
213-381-5611 Ext.114 or
coconnor@launionaflcio.org           

Labor Solidarity March    
When:    Monday, September 6, 10:00 AM   
Where:    Broad & E. Street in Wilmington, CA   
Contact:    Labor Day Committee
562-595-1891           

Labor Day Rally and Picnic   
When:    Monday, September 6, 12:00 PM    
Where:    Banning Park in Wilmington, CA  (Off of M Street and Avalon Blvd.)   
Contact:    Labor Day Committee 562-595-1891

Act Now: Stop Alcohol Sales Through Self-Checkouts

Our brothers and sisters at UFCW need your help to pass legislation that will stop the sale of alcohol through self-checkout stands at grocery stores.

Please support Assembly Bill 1060 (De La Torre) which would require all alcohol sales to be made through a face-to-face transaction with a cashier.

California law already requires that tobacco, spray paint and some cold medicines be sold through a face-to-face transaction, but alcohol can be purchased through “virtual vending machines.”

That’s why we need to pass AB 1060. It will be up for a final vote any day now in the California State Senate -- and we need your help to get it passed.

Join the UFCW, MADD, California’s police officers and firefighters by contacting your State Senator today. Click here to send them an email, and urge them to vote YES on AB 1060!

LA Carwash Workers Win Major Victory to End Worker Abuse, Gain Justice on the Job

Judge orders year in jail for carwash owners

Carwash workers, and community and union members of the Community-Labor-Environmental Action Network (CLEAN), rallied at Vermont Hand Wash in support of carwash workers who have been fighting for a voice on the job for more than two and a half years.  The event celebrated the car wash workers’ victory against corporate abuse: the announcement by the City Attorney that two of Los Angeles’ worst  carwash owners –brothers Benny and Nissan Pirian-- have each been sentenced to one year in jail. 

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