...then real friends help you
fight to boss!* The spirit of solidarity and mutual support between NUHW and (now, more than just Local 2 of) UNITE HERE has reached a new and
publicly viewable level of support. This support between NUHW and UNITE HERE has a history stretching back to the pretrusteeship days of UHW when SEIU members supported UNITE HERE's Local 2 strike against San Francisco hotels. Local 2 President Mike Casey gave the
key note speech at NUHW's founding convention. During the homecare decertification drive in San Francisco
their members stepped up by bridging the gap between the native Chinese speaking homecare workers and the English speaking NUHW organizers. NUHW supporters turned out to support Local 2's strike at San Francisco hotels in November. When I attended a strike, SEIU was not surprisingly no where to be found.
This month, newly minted NUHW members show their support for Local's strike on Disney. "The Happiest Place on Earth"?, not if you work for Disney.
* For those with a sense of humor not as dark as mine the phrase I am parodying is "Friends help you, real friends help you move bodies."
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