[migrawatch-public] Woodfin Workers FIRED!!!

Woodfin Workers FIRED!!!

Emergency Action Thursday May 3rd, 5pm

We are deeply distraught to announce that the Woodfin
Suites Hotel in Emeryville fired 11 workers todayin
apparent retaliation for blowing the whistle on the
hotel's violation of Emeryville's living wage ordinance.
These firings are a malicious attack not just on
hard-working housekeepers and their families, but also on
our community's values of immigrant workers' rights,
democracy, and justice.

We are writing to ask you to stand beside Woodfin workers
as they fight for reinstatement. The firings come after 7
months of intense, sustained protests by workers,
residents, faith leaders, and immigrant rights advocates.
But as the chant goes, "The Woodfin ain't seen nothin'
yet." We will not abandon the workers, but rather demand
accountability from the Woodfin and the city council. We
ask you to join us in sending a strong and immediate
message to the hotel that the terminations are unethical,
and to the city that they must hold the Woodfin
responsible and defend the workers' jobs.

Here's what you can do to help:

1. Attend two upcoming emergency response actions:

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 28th at 9 AM. Tomorrow we will
have our regular 7-11 AM picket, but with a special
program denouncing the firings at 9 AM.
Thursday, May 3rd at 5 PM. Join us for a critically
important rally to demand reinstatement of all fired
Woodfin workers.
Both actions will take place at the Woodfin Suites Hotel
located at 5800 Shellmound in Emeryville.

2. Email the Emeryville City Council. The firings violate
the City of Emeryville's urgency ordinance, which
prohibits hotels from firing workers until the city has
had 90 days to investigate worker complaints. Click here
to send a message to the Emeryville City Council to tell
them to immediately deny the Woodfin an operating permit
until the hotel reinstates workers and pays them back
wages.

3. Donate to the Living Wage Hardship fund. Click here to
make a donation to support fired workers and their
families.

If you have any questions, please contact Claire Haas at
(510) 893-7106, ext. 27 or email
chaas[at]workingeastbay.org.

Sincerely,
EBASE

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