[OccupyCU] Conglese workers families Flex nGate still "Occupy" their homes

[Paul Mueth]

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Thanks to everyone who wrote emails about the Congolese workers unfair apartment 
situation:

Friends and Allies -

I am very happy to report that Royse & Brinkmeyer Chief Operating  Officer Colin 
Carlier spent Valentines Day evening hand-delivering  letters to the Congolese 
households on Mattis Street offering them the  opportunity to renew their 
leases. We have spoken with 8 of the 11  families, and we're pretty confident 
the other three also received  similar offers. The company's decision to reverse 
its unfair decision  came just about five hours after you first began to send 
email and make  phone calls.

This is a real testament to the power of  collective action to make a real 
difference for working families. Of  course, for these families, this is just 
the beginning of their struggle  to build a better life for themselves in the 
United States. Many of  them still face serious health and safety issues on the 
job, and must  stretch to make ends meet every month. We remain committed to 
helping  the workers at Flex-N-Gate to form their union. We're in the process of  
planning a series of public actions in late February and early March.  It's 
great to know that we can count on an active, committed, and  effective group of 
activists in Champaign and Urbana to help us.

On behalf of the families and workers, our sincerest thanks for your efforts.

Chris Schwartz, UAWLike ·  · Share · 9 hours ago · 
link http://justiceatflexngate.org/
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