Standing up for Bullied Latino Workers in Houston, Texas
The demographics of the workplace are changing rapidly in North America and the BCTGM must adapt quicker than employers to be successful in organizing. A recent organizing campaign at the captive bakery at the Fiesta Mart grocery chain in Houston, Texas, is a case in point. The bargaining unit of 131 bakers consists primarily of immigrant workers from El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. According to the campaign's lead organizer, International Representative/ Organizer Cesar Calderon, the main...
09 September, 2006