The Militant - December 12, 2005 -- AFL-CIO sets December rallies for workers rights

Vol. 69/No. 48 December 12, 2005

AFL-CIO sets December rallies for workers rights

BY ARRIN HAWKINS
The AFL-CIO union federation is organizing a series of rallies, marches, and other activities leading up to December 10, International Human Rights Day, to “demand workers are guaranteed a fundamental human right: The freedom to have a union voice on the job,” as its website puts it. The website lists more than 100 actions planned in cities across the United States. These include candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and town hall meetings around organizing unions.

In New York City a march and rally is planned at Washington Square Park on December 7 to back organizing efforts by home aide workers at Lifespire, child care workers, and New York University graduate employees. New York Transport Workers Union Local 100 members, whose three-year contract expires December 15, have also been organizing informational pickets at subway yards and bus depots demanding better health care and pensions.

Rallies to support workers’ rights will take place December 8 in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia. That day a march to the White House in Washington is also scheduled.

For more information on these and other activities, contact the local AFL-CIO office or visit the labor federation’s website at www.aflcio.org.

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