Jazz Funeral March & Rally at The Hartford Courant to Mourn the Death of Workers’ Rights
The Hartford Organizing Group (HOG) Is Rallying IN SOLIDARITY WITH COURANT JANITORIAL STAFF, calling FOR “justice for janitors – and all workers!”
On December 8 at 11:00 am the Hartford Organizing Group will hold a traditional New Orleans Jazz Funeral Procession to mourn the death of Workers’ Rights at The Hartford Courant.
The Courant plans to fire the twenty workers of its unionized janitorial staff, as it claims, in order to save $100,000. This is despite paying $42 million in CEO bonuses and $207 million in legal fees since 2008. Whatever excuses and cooked books The Courant may wave to defend their decision as a “cost cutting measure,” it is clear that they have the money!
The firing of these unionized janitorial workers is an attack on workers’ rights and an attack on the working people of the City of Hartford. The Hartford Organizing Group calls on all residents and working people in Hartford to join the struggle for workers’ rights and support “justice for janitors – and all workers”.
We will meet at the First Presbyterian Church (136 Capitol Avenue), dressed for a funeral, and march to the Courant’s offices in order to say “NO” to a system that enriches executives by exploiting workers.
For Press inquiries contact:
info@hartfordog.org
The Hartford Organizing Group HOG is an open and welcoming collective that seeks an end to the economic disparity and social injustices that confront our communities. We work towards those goals by way of education, agitation, and direct action. We work to create and maintain a grassroots, egalitarian, and truly democratic movement that challenges the exploitative system we live under.
We encourage strategic non-violent direct action for the safety of all participants.
This group is against ALL forms of oppression: we are anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-queer-phobic, anti-trans-phobic, anti-ableist, and anti-authoritarian. We also stand in solidarity with all people regardless of citizenship or legal status.
The above information has been provided through today’s press release and in support of and respect for the rights of these workers to earn a livelihood. ~ yours truly, df
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