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Stop Hanging Noose Incidents And Retaliation Against Whistleblowers At SF Recology

by Labor Video Project
Labor and community activists rallied against the racist hanging noose incident at San Francisco Recology and other racist workplace bullying incidents at the company. Teamster IBT Local 350 was called on to back up Daryle Washington who was retaliated against for reporting the incidents. Also another IBT 350 member Marcus Ward reported that there is a pattern of racist insults and bullying for workers at the facility. The management denied that these incidents are continuing to take place.
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Stop Hanging Noose Incidents And Retaliation Against Whistleblowers At SF Recology
Daryle Washington, a member of Teamsters Local 350 at San Francisco Recology company was retaliated against when he protested the placing of a hanging noose at the Recology sorting plant in San Francisco. A speak out and rally was held at the SF Recology plant on September 21, 2105 to call for an end to retaliation and also calling on Teamsters Local 350 and the IBT Teamsters Joint Council 7 to publicly stand with Washington and fight to put him back on the job.
Also another IBT 350 SF Recology worker Marcus Ward spoke out about ongoing racism, harassment and workplace bullying by company managers and the effort to cover-up this racist treatment by Recology bosses.
Additional media:
http://youtu.be/g5PBHHR2m38
http://sfbayview.com/2015/06/recology-noose-update-daryle-washington-rejects-settlement-without-policy-change/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/16/MNL120088.DTL
http://youtu.be/K1x7H81Llc8
For more information
United Public Workers For Action
http://www.upwa.info
Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
http://www.transportworkers.org
Stop Workplace Bullying Group
http://stopworkplacebullyinggroup.org
California Healthy Workplace Bill
http://www.healthyworkplacebill.org
Injured Workers National Network
http://www.iwnn.org
Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.laborvideo.org
§IBT 350 Member Marcus Ward At SF Recology Rally
by Labor Video Project
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Marcus Ward, a member of IBT 350 at San Francisco Recology reported that there are continuing racist insults and workplace bullying of African American workers.
§Daryle Washington Speaks For Justice And Human Rights
by Labor Video Project
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IBT 350 member and SF Recology worker Daryle Washington spoke at the rally on September 21, 2015 about the effort to get justice at the company and end the continuing racist workplace bullying incidents.
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