Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 22:01:15 PM EDT
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Dear friends:
We are writing to ask your help, and for your name on the petition online here.
Many of us have been aware of the shameful situation confronting workers for a number of years at the Agriprocessors Inc. meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa - the largest kosher meat processing plant in North America. A number of significant articles and editorials in the Jewish media and general press have brought this matter to the community at large. After the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the plant, many of the company's longstanding labor violations have received public exposure.
Please see the petition here. We feel strongly that we have to take a stand on this. We hope you will sign it. You are invited to join us in calling for the management of Agriprocessors to "live up to their responsibilities of corporate citizenship, to end its campaign of worker abuse, and resp ect the rights of its employees, including their legal right to union representation."
You can sign this petition online, by going here:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/JLC_Agri_Petition/
Many of the families of those detained in the ICE raid are in great need. Contributions of non-perishable food, personal care items - and donations via checks to the Postville Food Pantry -- can be sent to:
POSTVILLE FOOD PANTRY
c/o Pastor Steve Brackett, Treasurer
St. Paul Lutheran Church
116 East Military Road
Postville, IA 52162
{The food pantry's phone number is 563-864-7643}
We want to hear from you - please send us your comments and suggestions. If at all possible, sign our petition { http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/JLC_Agri_Petition/ }; send in support to the Postville Food Pantry; and share this message with others.
Sincerely,
Rosalind A. Spigel, MSOD
Acting Director
Jewish Labor Committee
25 East 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
NOTE: You can email me at JLCexec@aol.com |
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