Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 39 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Workers fired over union contract VTMBH Article: Author Ana Ledo VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Five janitors say they were fired for pressuring their employers to conclude contract negotiations that are almost a year overdue with labor union SEIU 32BJ. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Five janitors say they were fired for pressuring their employers to conclude contract negotiations that are almost a year overdue with labor union SEIU 32BJ. The contracting company Mayco Building Services, Inc. fired workers Salvador Flores, Rosa Figueroa, José Valentine, Ramón Portillo, and Esperanza Velásquez on Oct. 9, after they were seen leaving pro-union flyers on car windshields in the company parking lot. The five Central American immigrants, who were employed at EAB Plaza in Hempstead, received their notices of termination from Mayco days after distributing the flyers. No union representative was present when we were fired, said Salvador Flores, 31, a Salvadoran immigrant. Ramón Portillo, 57, despite his 12 years of employment with the company, was never eligible to receive health insurance because of a five-hour minimum shift requirement. The most I worked at a time was four hours and 45 minutes. The company didnt let me work more than that, explained Portillo, who is also Salvadoran. Now, his most pressing concern is how he will pay for medication he must take for diabetes. Horacio Anchissi, 32BJ shop steward for Mayco workers, says that the contracting company has been violating workers rights for years. Two years ago we signed a contract which guaranteed salary increases for workers. Mayco violated the contract by providing raises they said were adequate, not those we agreed to in the contract, said Anchissi. Mayco also has contracts with Newsday and Lake Success. Georgina Hernández explained how workers were physically and verbally abused, forced to bear the snow in the winter without proper protection against the cold. They never paid us overtime and they made us work with broken vacuum cleaners that blew dust everywhere and made a lot of noise, Hernández said. Workers met yesterday at the Long Island Workplace Project to organize a plan of action against the company whom they say unjustly fired them. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-20 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Workers fired over union contract 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Five janitors say they were fired for pressuring their employers to conclude contract negotiations t Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-20