by A group called “warehouse worker Uniting” went through the streets of Soho on Saturday afternoon to draw attention to designers and brands, from which they say they use a trade union busting facility in New Jersey.
About 30 people who wore light blue rain ponchos with a hood took part in the event, which, according to an organizer in Tribeca Park, started with a brass band performance and some speeches. The event was developed to steer on a work dispute with Elander/Bergen Logistics, a North Bergen, New Jersey, which works with numerous designer brands and is referred to as “union busters”. Fillers belonged to some factory workers from the facility and those of Starbucks Workers United, an organizing organizing effort.
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Charles Ickes, Chief Executive Officer from Bergen Logistics, did not immediately answer an application for a statement on Tuesday.
The workers of the company’s warehouse assert, underpaid and revised, and they want to trade unionized unionized union. The warehouse workers, the supporters combine, “Parad” by Soho, past the shop fronts of some fashion companies that are supposed to use the logistics camp Elander/Bergen for storage, packaging, sales and e-commerce services. “These brands included remarkable vocal trailers of ‘ethical’ and ‘sustainable’ fashion industry trends such as Ganni, Acne Studios and Kenzo,” said the group’s spokesman. Cynthia Rowley and per piece were also along the route.
Although the 90-minute procession continued, two members of the workers United Waundry, Sales and Food Service Joint Board entered these five branches to provide a hard copy of a letter that was sent and sent by the US mail service to the companies by email last week. The organizers made an objection to a petition to support warehouse workers who combine that the brands, if they “do not speak, sell their products on the back of exploited workers”.
In addition to Cynthia Rowley, Acne Studios, Ganni, Kenzo and per piece such as the flag, Lela Rose, Phillip Lim, Ulla Johnson and Marimekko for the use of the facility. The planes find that the union of warehouse workers does not intend to anyone and ask no one to work or to mark collections and deliveries. Workers in the North Bergen Facility Store, Sorty, Packing and ship clothing, shoes, bags and accessories for fashion brands.
A spokesman for Lela Rose said on Tuesday: “We are convinced that the employees should be compensated appropriately and have followed the topic on the subject of further knowledge of the circumstances that have led to this petition.”
Warehouses that combine claims that Elander/Bergen logistics have involved delay tactics in order to oppose the recognition of the union and the negotiation in good faith. Representatives of Ganni, Acne Studios and Marimekko rejected a comment on Tuesday. Media inquiries to Cynthia Rowley, Kenzo, per piece and Ulla Johnson had not returned. Wen Zhou, President and Chief Executive Officer of 3.1 Phillip Lim, was not available.
Megan Chambers, Co-Manager of the LDF Joint Board, Workers United, Seu, said on Tuesday that the workers in the Elander/Bergen Logistics Distribution Center in North Berge did the union last year and “wanted to organize them urgently”. In addition, they are looking for more paid leisure, better payment, better and cheaper health insurance and the right to be represented and negotiate about working conditions. Chambers said: “You want to be able to have a binding say when it comes to your health and security conditions for work, services and services, schedule changes and other working conditions.”
In November, the majority of the 185 workers of the sales center sign union cards and said they wanted to be represented by the workers United, said Chambers. The Elander/Bergen logistics are said to have been notified and asked to meet their signed agreement with the University of Global Union about organizing drives, but that has not happened, said Chambers.
The group’s spokesman said: “The parade served to reinforce the importance of these logistics workers for the success of the fashion industry, although their essential work is less visible than the products that they master and deliver.”
In recent years, the activism conducted by employees has created some people who form unions, to speak for reforms and create coalitions. Some have been motivated by underpayment, poor treatment or labor uncertainty. A non-profit New York organization for the many organizes employees and supporters for pro-laboratory legislation, and another supports the Model Alliance employees in the fashion industry.
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