Arise Chicago worker center director Laura Garza said while they’ve made some progress on some of their demands, that the work is not done. She also believes the wage increases are in fact a direct result of the workers’ actions.
“There’s been a lot of conversations about a shortage of workers, but what we’ve been saying is really a shortage of good wages and good benefits for workers in general. In addition to them receiving the increases, they also ended the unlawful practice of a seven-day workweek,” Garza said. “It wasn’t until the workers organized and handed in their first demand letters that the increases went into effect.
Garza said El Milagro management also implemented anti-sexual harassment training and no longer requires workers to supply their own tools to fix factory machines.“The community actually supported them by not buying some of the products, but the workers never asked for that,” she said.workers at other area tortillerias are taking steps to organize as well.
“We were contacted … about six weeks ago from workers from Authentico Foods … and La Guadalupe,” Garza said. “The workers were really inspired by the activism of the El Milagro workers … and so they said, well those workers could do it, we can too. So those workers organized, they made their demands and Authentico responded. Unfortunately, they fired two workers and there [have] been charges against Authentico on that issue. And they’re [going to] win that fight.”“The workers are motivated.
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