Posted on 08/25/2014 3:55:50 PM PDT by mdittmar
Despite attempts by both the ownership of the K&P Car Wash and the Association of Car Wash Owners to intimidate them, workers at the K&P Car Wash in New York voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers. K&P becomes the ninth car wash to unionize since a campaign was launched in 2012.
K&P employee Jose Pedro Calderon said:
We organized ourselves because we want to have a union contract that guarantees us better working conditions. But, most importantly, we organized ourselves because we wanted respect.
As the organizing drive was ongoing, K&P shut down the car wash one afternoon while members of the Association of Car Wash Owners led a captive-audience meeting. Workers report that the meeting was an attempt to make them fearful that the business could be shut down if they joined the union.
RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said the latest victory in the WASH campaign to organize carwasheros in New York was part of a larger movement:
This is our ninth victory in a row, and we have achieved first contracts in every other organized car wash thus far. Low-wage workers—regardless of immigration status—are coming together and standing up for better working conditions and respect on the job. We are proud of the carwasheros and welcome them to the RWDSU family.
Come on and sing it with me;)
I don’t respect him either.
“Will you get outta my face Earl and my name is Abdullah Mohamed Akbar, alright?”
That was a good movie.
No,you can hire an “undocumented person”,You can’t hire an illegal immigrant.
I have never seen people working at a car wash. I honestly thought all car washes were automated or do it yourself.
The AFl-CIO hasn’t has much luck organizing automated car washes.
That may be the only way for them to be relevant 10 years from now.
Does anyone else see the irony of the AFL-CIO accusing others of “intimidation”.
I have never seen people working at a car wash”
Couple of very, very busy ones in Houston. $30 for basic, $40 for one with extras. Have a side bay that does oil change also which includes a coupon for a basic wash. About half of the employees are Hispanic and the rest are Blacks. They do a really good job.
Joke about people who use this kind of a car wash and also have their lawn mowed - they are the ones that also have gym memberships!
They have Guats working the last carwash I was at in NJ. They do a good job.
Any part of your vehicle out of the strike zone goes unwashed. LOL
The best charity car wash I pulled into was the non-coms raising money for a dance with the officers. I pulled my very dirty Freightliner RV Toter in. The eyes got wide, but I got a great job and tossed them a C-note.
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