[OccupyCU] [SDaS] Fwd: Flex-N-Gate update, next steps

[ya'aQov]

*Thank you Ingbert. ocCUpy's GA and Outreach have been asking for
information regarding FLEX N GATE's practices beyond our first local UAW's
briefing.  Next Outreach's agenda will definitely tackle this, forthwith.
*

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>  Katie, Stephanie, & Ingbert -
>
> Hope you're well, and that things aren't too crazy as the semester winds
> down.  Wanted to update you on how things went last week in New York, and
> let you know what the next steps are coming out of those actions.
>
> Last Thursday we had a press conference in front of the NFL's pop-up store
> in Manhattan to highlight the health and safety issues faced by workers in
> Flex-N-Gate plants, and raise environmental and health concerns around a
> closed plant in Highland Park, MI.  After the press conference we marched
> to the NFL headquarters, where a delegation delivered materials outlining
> these concerns to NFL Commissioner Goodell.
>
> The good news is that the Commissioner has committed to respond to these
> concerns by May 11 - next Friday.  Ahead of that date we're collecting
> signatures for an online petition to the Commissioner, asking him to urge
> Khan to address these concerns and clean up his act.  The petition is at
> www.justiceatflexngate.org/nfl.  Could you get this out to GEO, the
> Campus Labor Coalition listserv, Occupy CU, and any other groups or
> individuals you think might be interested?  Feel free to circulate far and
> wide!
>
> If you're interested in watching the press conference it's available at
> http://bit.ly/Iu8Wre, and some NYT coverage of the day's actions is at
> http://nyti.ms/KfgTS7.
>
> Thanks!
> Ken
>
> ---
> Ken Powell
> UAW Strategic Research
> (313) 405-2611
>
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