Support sacked hotel workers
Union members fired, victimised, wages missing
Support sacked hotel workers
Last week there was a great turnout of supporters at the protest at Ascott Metropolis hotel in support of union members who were sacked from their restaurant jobs. Around 30 people marched into the hotel restaurant and staged a sit down.
The hotel and restaurant owners need to be sent a loud message:
Union members were wrongfully sacked, singled out for being in a union.
What happened to the missing wages? Around $50 a week was deducted from one worker’s pay for 10 months for student loan repayments. The money wasn’t forwarded to Inland Revenue. Further, she is being charged over $800 in interest as a result. Child support, taxes and union fees have also gone missing.
Protest Thursday 5.30pm
Ascott Metropolis hotel
Courthouse Lane, Auckland city (off Victoria St East & Bowen Ave
Contact Daphna 0294949865 or daphna@unite.org.nz
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Hotel protest 5.30pm Thursday 26 April
There is another protest at the hotel Thursday 26 April at 5.30pm
Courthouse Lane, Auckland CBD
Daphna
Re: Support sacked hotel workers
put this in local
Re: Support sacked hotel workers
Sounds like what's happened to Waitemata Unite.
Re: Support sacked hotel workers
Wouldn't these workers be better off holding a street party?
Re: Support sacked hotel workers
The workers get arbitary deductions from their wages,get sacked - and they should respond by having a party!?
What good would that do them?
Re: Support sacked hotel workers
If the workers all tore holes in their jeans, put masks on, ate lentils and banged oil drums their bosses would all shit themselves and offer the jobs back. maybe.
After occupying the hotel...
the workers DID have a street party, as Big Joe cranked up the Red Bus sound system! All eyes on the MayDay march, oh yes!