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| Labor in the Pulpits / on the Bimah / in the Minbar 2009 SFIWJ is inviting South Florida's faith community to join thousands of other congregations throughout the country during the month of September by participating in IWJ's Labor in the Pulpits / on the Bimah / in the Minbar. Labor in the Pulpits began in 1996 and is a celebration of the link between faith, work, and justice. We are asking congregations to invite a union member or labor leader be a guest speaker on Labor Day weekend or sometime during the month of September or to dedicate a weekend service to worker justice issues. For more information |
| The Employee Free Choice Act This summer SFIWJ is campaigning for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). EFCA is a bill that would restore workers' ability to form unions without the threats, harassment, and intimidation that employers often use to curtail union organizing. All faith traditions believe in the dignity of work, and most would agree that workers should have the right to form unions. Throughout the summer and fall, SFIWJ will be joining with local unions and workers as they picket, protest, and hold rallies in support of EFCA. We would greatly appreciate your support and invite you to join us at these events. For more information about upcoming EFCA events. |
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| Abused and Threatened, Immigrant Domestic Workers Win in Federal Court (Miami, August 10, 2009) – Two women brought to the United States to work as nannies won a moral and financial victory in court last Friday when a jury awarded them $125,000 in back wages and other damages. The couple that hired them lost on five counts, including violations of federal labor and trafficking laws. Alejandra Ramos and Maria Onelia Maco Castro were recruited in Peru by Javier Hoyle, an IBM executive, and his wife, Patricia Perales. The couple hired them to care for children. Once they were brought to the United States, the promised $7 per hour for 8 hours a day of work and benefits did not materialize. Not only were the women paid less than minimum wage, but their duties so substantially expanded that they were cooking and cleaning in addition to childcare. They ended up working at the employers' beck and call from 15 to 19 hours a day, six or seven days per week. More |