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Churches and other orgs send scabs to cross picket line and work for free during strike
According to Local 2, almost all of the union members joined the strike, and the company bussed in agency workers from all over the state to cover the empty stations. One non-union worker said that crossing the picket lines had been “kind of scary.”
Indeed, strikers expressed frustration with those who did decide to work. “How are they going to sleep tonight when they know we’re out here fighting for them to get a pay raise and they chickened out?” asked Anthony Wendlberger, a cook.
A number of the replacement workers inside AT&T Park were unpaid members of nonprofit organizations, according to Bob Contreras, who was serving food and drink to benefit Day3 Church in San Joaquin. “We all volunteer,” he explained while on a break during the seventh inning, “and all the proceeds go to our church, for ministry.”
It’s not unusual for non-profit volunteers to work at AT&T Park for free, in order to raise money for their organizations, but Mike Casey, president of Local 2, says that they’re being used to undermine paid workers. “It’s a real scam,” says Casey. “They [Centerplate] make huge savings, they don’t pay wages, don’t pay healthcare, don’t pay pensions, they don’t have to do any of the contractual requirements that they have to do for a worker.”
Indeed, strikers expressed frustration with those who did decide to work. “How are they going to sleep tonight when they know we’re out here fighting for them to get a pay raise and they chickened out?” asked Anthony Wendlberger, a cook.
A number of the replacement workers inside AT&T Park were unpaid members of nonprofit organizations, according to Bob Contreras, who was serving food and drink to benefit Day3 Church in San Joaquin. “We all volunteer,” he explained while on a break during the seventh inning, “and all the proceeds go to our church, for ministry.”
It’s not unusual for non-profit volunteers to work at AT&T Park for free, in order to raise money for their organizations, but Mike Casey, president of Local 2, says that they’re being used to undermine paid workers. “It’s a real scam,” says Casey. “They [Centerplate] make huge savings, they don’t pay wages, don’t pay healthcare, don’t pay pensions, they don’t have to do any of the contractual requirements that they have to do for a worker.”
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15053/concessions_workers_launch_one_day_strike/
Local 2 needs to stop the practice of letting unpaid workers perform bargaining unit work, whether there is a strike or not.
If the Giants or the the subcontractor want to donate some money to local charities, they can cut them a check.
Imagine if you were on strike and some church sent in people to do your job for free.
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