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DESCRIPTION:Dear friends,\n\nWorkers standing up for their rights at the Woodfin Hotel 
 in Emeryville have recently been threatened with mass firings.  These 
 workers struggling to save their jobs, and are in urgent need of support 
 from the community. \n\nOn Monday, November 13 from 5-7 pm, please join us 
 outside the Woodfin (5800 Shellmound St. in Emeryville) for a high-energy, 
 family-friendly, musical, candle-lit community protest.\n\nWhy are they 
 being threatened?  They are simply asking for their due under the new 
 living wage law in Emeryville that EBASE and Emeryville residents 
 campaigned for and was passed by the voters.  They also happen to be 
 immigrants.\n\nThe workers received notices several weeks ago saying that 
 the company believed their social security numbers were incorrect, and 
 giving them a deadline of October 19 to fix the problem. Thanks to an 
 outcry from the community, the Woodfin extended its deadline by a month, 
 and no workers have yet been fired. However, hotel managers are still 
 insisting that they will terminate any employee who cannot correct a social 
 security “no-match.”  \n\nSound like a familiar story these days?  The 
 Woodfin has become ground zero in the East Bay to fight to defend immigrant 
 rights and to defend city laws that improve working conditions.\n\nWorkers 
 are counting on your continued support to protect their jobs ­ and show 
 the Woodfin that our community will not tolerate harassment and 
 intimidation of immigrant workers.\n\nSincerely,\n\nSarah Norr and Brooke 
 Anderson\nEBASE\nFor more info, contact Sarah at 510-435-9475 or 
 sarah@workingeastbay.org.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/10/18328680.php
SUMMARY:Emeryville: Rally to Save Woodfin Hotel Workers' Jobs!
LOCATION:Outside the Emeryville Woodfin Suites Hotel (5800 Shellmound St.), just off 
 the Emeryville exit on 80/580. The "Emery-Go-Round" free shuttle runs from 
 MacArthur BART and stops in front of the hotel. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/10/18328680.php
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