Dear E-Activist,

JOIN THE NJ STATE AFL-CIO AND COALITION PARTNERS TOMORROW FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS DAY RALLY

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On December 11, 2007, union members, elected officials, interfaith leaders and community activists will rally with the following guests and speakers at Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott to mark International Human Rights Day, and support the right of workers to organize unions free from employer interference:

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Charles Wowkanech, NJ State AFL-CIO President

U.S. Congressman Donald Payne, 28th District

(Represented by Donald M. Payne, Jr., Essex County Freeholder
and Newark Council Member)

Senator Ronald L. Rice, 28th District

Senator-elect Teresa Ruiz, 29th District

Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver, 34th District (Assistant Majority Leader)

Assemblyman, Thomas P. Giblin, 34th District

Mayor Cory A. Booker, Newark

Mayor Chris Bollwage, Elizabeth

Freeholder Linda Lordi Cavanaugh, Essex County

Freeholder Bilal Beasley, Essex County

Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez, Newark

Council Member Luis A. Quintana, Newark

Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr., Newark

Council Member Frank Sapienza, Verona

Council Member John Sowell, Irvington

School Board Member Carol Hardy, Irvington

School Board Member Arlene Schor, Belleville

Gerald Owens, President, A. Phillp Randolph Institute

Milton Rosado, National President, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

Anna Sutton, Northern NJ Region President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Reverend Levin B. West, Grace Reformed Baptist Church

Monsignor John J. Gilchrist, NJ State AFL-CIO Religious Liaison

Arieh Lebowitz, Communications Director, Jewish Labor Committee

Reverend Bruce Davidson, Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry

Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director, New Jersey Citizen Action

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS 

A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)

Essex County Building and Construction Trades Council

Essex/West Hudson Central Labor Council

Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey

Interfaith Coalition

Jewish Labor Committee

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)

New Jersey Citizen Action

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice

New Jersey State AFL-CIO (And Affiliates)

New Jersey State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO

Transport Workers Union (TWU)

UNITEHERE

The rally will spotlight workers at Continental Airlines who have been organizing with the Transport Workers Union for human dignity and a voice at work.  In 2005, 7,900 fleet service workers, 2,700 of whom are employed at Newark Liberty International Airport, suffered a 10% pay cut while Continental has made $800 million in profits in the last 18 months. 

Also at Newark Airport, workers are organizing with UNITEHERE at HDS Retail North America, the company that operates Relay, Virgin Books & Music, Homeward Bound, X_press, and American Scene Stores.  For months, the company has resisted its workers' request for a fair process to organize.

Please, join us at 7:00 p.m. at the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott in Newark, New Jersey, as we support these workers and commemorate International Human Rights Day by reminding New Jersey employers that Workers Rights are Human Rights!