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 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 7 VTMBH Article: Title Workers protest over alleged abuse VTMBH Article: Author Santiago Bonilla VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hillary Hawkins VTMBH Article: Section VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Several workers protested on Tuesday in front of the chain deli Austins Cafe, located on Seventh Avenue and 27th Street in Manhattan, over alleged labor abuse. Miguel Angel Sánchez, Siriaco Guzmán and Santos Marroquí, who said they are workers at the chain, handed out flyers in front of the store and warned customers about the abuse. They pay us 260 dollars to work over 70 hours a week, they dont pay overtime, they give us less than 30 minutes to eat and they charge us for the food that we eat. Nothing can be proved because they paid us in cash and there is no record. Theyre going to say that everything is fine and that they comply with the laws, said Sanchez, who said he worked in the Park Ave. branch. Mohammed Afzal, manager of the store, said that the accusations are lies. The individuals that are protesting outside do not work for this company and were sent by the labor union to force the employees to join the union. According to what Afzal said, the workers make very good money and they have no intentions of belonging to any type of union. William Franco, who earns a living as a cook and makes much more money than the other workers, said energetically that thats a lie, they dont respect anybody and it is certain the union has paid them to make this commotion and to harass the customers. It is a lack of respect for the costumers who shop here regularly. Look at how they are shouting outside and insulting the customers calling them mean for not boycotting the shop, said Betsy Rampersad, employee for over two and a half years. Employee Everaldo Velázquez said we work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., they pay us 300 dollars per week, they dont pay us overtime and they do not respect our lunch hour. But what Velázquez says is not factual, because in addition to the $300 weekly they receive generous tips sometimes receiving more than $500 weekly, said Afzal. Rhoda Fuld, general manager of the shops, said they lie through their teeth. We pay them according to the federal laws, complete time and all the overtime that make. They are making this spectacle to introduce the union. Displaying a document signed by a lawyer, Fuld said that the same union leaders cancelled the elections that would have shown whether the employees want to belong to the union because they knew beforehand that nobody wants to unionize. According to federal labor laws, if 30 percent of the workers of a place initiate a petition for unionization, the workers must vote to determine whether or not the workplace is to be unionized. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-31 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 3 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 protest over alleged abuse 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 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. 2002-10-31