AFL-CIO President Visits Dirty Car Wash

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Fri Aug-21-09 07:48 AM
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AFL-CIO President Visits Dirty Car Wash

http://www.laborradio.org/node/11786

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney was in Los Angeles on Wednesday to show solidarity with car wash workers who are trying to join the United Steelworkers. Car wash workers in the city have formed a subsidiary of the Steelworkers union called the Carwash Workers Organizing Committee. During he rally Sweeney called Vermont Hand Wash one of “dirtiest car washes” in Los Angeles.

: These workers have gone through hell trying to form a union to win just living standards.

Workers have made multiple allegations of unfair labor practices, wage violations, and threats of retaliation for trying to organize. The Los Angeles City Attorney filed a lawsuit earlier this year that lists 220 alleged violations.

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