WORKERS VOICES ON BUDGET CRISIS:
FIGHT
FOR OUR RIGHTS, FIGHT FOR
OUR FUTURE!
THE SAN FRANCISCO PROGRESSIVE WORKERS
ALLIANCE,
WORKING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST BUDGET CUTS AND
CALL FOR A WORKER’S BILL OF RIGHTS!
On Wednesday, June 16th @
12pm on the steps of City Hall (Polk Street), dozens will gather
alongside the newly formed San Francisco Progressive Workers Alliance
(SF PWA) to introduce a low wage worker Bill of Rights and unite against
the Mayor’s budget cuts, which cuts vital services and balances the
budget off the backs of the most vulnerable. Low-wage workers are in
crisis with the prominence of wage theft, exploitation, and
unemployment, and the crisis will only grow with the Mayor’s so-called
“balanced budget”.
SF PWA is an alliance of low-wage worker
organizations in San Francisco. We are Chinese restaurant, construction
and service workers from the Chinese Progressive Association in
Chinatown and the Southeast San Francisco, Latino Day-laborers and
Domestic workers of the Day Laborer Program, Womens Collective and
Mujeres Unidas y Activas in the Mission, Filipino Caregivers of the
Filipino Community Center in the Excelsior, multi-racial young
restaurant and retail workers of Young Workers United, GLBTQ workers of
Pride at Work, African American and Latino workers of POWER in the
Bayview, and more.
PWA is uniting workers across language, race
and community to fight for the future of San Francisco. On Wednesday
the PWA will announce the launch of a Low-Wage Worker Bill of Rights
that will:
1) Call for job opportunities and training; 2) Protect
workers rights and enforce labor laws; 3) Support responsible
businesses; 4) Protect the social safety net, and 5) Demand equal
treatment for all workers because in San Francisco there should be NO
second-class workers!
Other individuals and groups attending
include: Supervisor David Chiu, Office of Supervisor Eric Mar, Office of
Supervisor David Campos, UNITE HERE Local 2, Jobs with Justice, Mujeres
Unidas y Activas, and more.
SF Progressive Worker Alliance
consists of: The La Raza Centro Legal - Day Laborer Program and Women’s
Collective, The Chinese Progressive Association, Filipino Community
Center, Young Workers United, Pride at Work, People Organized to Win
Employment Rights (POWER), and more.
Visuals:
Multiracial gathering of over a hundred adults and youth; Multilingual
signs, banners, and a giant “Bill of Rights” visual.
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