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DESCRIPTION:This weekend, Burning Man corporation (Black Rock City LLC) is hosting a 
 Regional Burning Man gathering--the Burning Man logo is licensed for use 
 with this regionals for smaller Burning Man events around the world. While 
 this years theme is the Green Theme, which calls for environmental 
 conservation, the one thing that has been over looked are worker rights. 
 The six owners of the LLC have consistently overlooked workers and 
 volunteers like they are expendable resource to be abused and exploited. 
 The LLC members have had to settle numerous lawsuits with workers ranging 
 from wrongful death to sexual harassment. Over six million dollars a year 
 goes into the event through ticket sales, but workers hurt on the job are 
 often left to fend for themselves. The playa restoration crew--the workers 
 who spend five weeks after the event insuring that the Burning Man event 
 continues to be the largest leave no trace event in the world--have had 
 their pay cut by almost half in the last four years.                        
                 \n\nPlease help us raise awareness of worker rights by 
 joining this protest. The Burning Man company is a multi-million dollar 
 franchised corporation and they are not above the law and need to take care 
 of their workers and volunteers, and operate within the standards of 
 safety, health, and wages mandated by state and federal laws. \n\nBecause 
 the LLC usually will not rehire anyone worker or volunteer that brings up 
 worker rights, those current workers and those who do not want to endanger 
 their volunteer positions will be wearing paper bags over their heads with 
 a burning man trademark.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/17/18364956.php
SUMMARY:burning man employees protest for worker rights
LOCATION:Burning Man HQ. 1900 3rd St., between 16th and Mariposa in SF.              
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/17/18364956.php
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