Tell NY Presbyterian: Drop Waldner's
Dear Supporter,
I have personally delivered office furniture to New York Presbyterian
Hospital for the last nine years, but today I’m protesting outside the
hospital because my co-workers and Ihave been fired and locked out of
our jobs -- and for no reason other than corporate greed.
Until July of this year, I worked for Waldner’s Business Environments,
an office furniture dealer whose biggest client is New York
Presbyterian Hospital. Waldner’s told all of its warehouse and delivery
workers that we were out of a job as of July 5, and it gave our work to a subcontractor.
Please e-mail New York Presbyterian Hospital and tell them to drop Waldner's. NYP should support good jobs at its suppliers.
Recently,
we’ve made real progress in our campaign to save our jobs. The New York
City Economic Development Corporation, the city agency that funds
development projects, dropped Waldner’s as its furniture supplier
because of the way it treats workers. On top of that, just days ago,
the National Labor Relations Board announced that it will issue a
complaint against Waldner’s for violating federal labor law by locking us out of our jobs.
If enough Waldner’s clients drop the company, they will have to come
back to the table. It would be huge if New York Presbyterian Hospital
was next.
Can you e-mail NYP CEO Steven Corwin today and
tell him that an institution like NYP has no business using a vendor
that violates federal law and shows so little respect to a long-time
workforce?
I’ve been with with company for over 33 years -- most of my co-workers
have been with the company for over twenty years. More and more,
employers are trying to get rid of union members and our fair contracts
and pensions so they can use contractors that don’t treat workers
fairly. We need to keep fighting back.
Please show your support by e-mailing New York Presbyterian today.
In Solidarity,
Jim Awgul
Teamsters Local 814 Member and Waldner’s Employee