Thursday, January 28, 2016

Reminder: NYC, 1/28/16, Protest Brod Kitchen Union-Busting

The owners of Bröd Kitchen (formerly Hot & Crusty) on Manhattan’s Upper East Side announced a sudden and immediate shut down of the unionized bakery/restaurant. This attempt to throw the nineteen workers out of work is a clear attempt at union-busting. Join us to speak out against these greedy and callous owners who try to boost profits by destroying the rights and livelihood of workers and their families.

Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Bröd Kitchen
31 West 4th Street
New York, NY 10012

Union Workers Protest Bröd Kitchen on NYU Site
By Abraham Gross, Washington Square News
January 27, 2016

Dozens of union members and affiliated groups gathered outside Bröd Kitchen on the corner of West Fourth Street and Greene Street last Friday afternoon to protest alleged anti-union actions by the restaurant owners and its partners.

Protestors, some of whom were union workers from the former Hot and Crusty and now Bröd Kitchen on 63rd Street and Second Avenue, stated that their bosses were aiming to shut down their Upper East Side location in favor of the nonunionized NYU site.[...]

Read the full article:
http://www.nyunews.com/2016/01/27/union-workers-protest-brod-kitchen-on-nyu-site/

For more information:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2016/01/nyc-demo-12816-hot-and-crusty-workers.html

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