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DESCRIPTION:Dear friends and allies, \n \nI am writing on behalf of nearly fifty San 
 Francisco carpenters,\nAfrican-American and Latino, who are organizing and 
 fighting their corporate\nemployer for the exploitation and racism taking 
 place at construction sites\nin the Bayview / Hunters Point.  PLEASE 
 SUPPORT THEM AND ATTEND A SF BOARD\nOF SUPERVISORS HEARING ON THURSDAY, 
 FEBRUARY 28, 1 PM, SF CITY HALL, 2ND\nFLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM.\n \nSince last 
 year, these union carpenters and community members of the Bay\nView / 
 Hunter's Point neighborhood have had complaints against AIMCO, 
 the\nproperty owner, as well as the various construction contractors for 
 illegal,\nracist, and disturbing employment practices.  For example, the 
 managers,\nexecutives, and foremen of the companies embarked upon a racist 
 campaign to\ndivide the African-American carpenters from the Latino 
 carpenters.  Among\nother disturbing practices, the managers and foremen 
 held separate events\nfor the two communities of workers, at which they 
 told each group they were\n"at war" with one another and where they bad 
 mouthed each group referring to\nthe African-American workers as "lazy" and 
 the Latino workers as "trying to\nsteal jobs."  In addition, managers and 
 foremen at AIMCO forced both the\nAfrican-American and Latinos to do shoddy 
 work because "niggers" were going\nto live in the apartment buildings.  
 Some of the workers were terminated\nwhen they complained about these 
 comments and practices.\n \nIn addition to the racist practices and 
 comments, several foremen extorted\nmany of the Latino carpenters out of a 
 large portion of their wages.  The\nforeman told these Latino workers that 
 they would be fired if they did not\ngive a cut of their salaries to the 
 foremen.  When many of the\nAfrican-American workers found out about this 
 crime, they began to circulate\na petition protesting the abuse and were 
 fired in retaliation for defending\ntheir Latino brothers.\n \nAIMCO 
 receives tax exempt, state bond money and has been allowed to engage\nin 
 this type of illegal behavior!  \n \nTHE WORKERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAY 
 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!  AIMCO HAS GOT TO GO!\n \nMany of the carpenters have 
 filed a lawsuit against AIMCO and the\nconstruction contractors, and are 
 organizing a campaign to hold them\naccountable.\n \nThis hearing on 
 February 28th is extremely important because the City of San\nFrancisco 
 holds oversight authority over this public-funded project.\n \nWHAT:  SF 
 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARING TO SUPPORT SAN FRANCISCO CARPENTERS\nWHEN:  
 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1 PM.\nWHERE:  SF CITY HALL, 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE 
 ROOM.\n \nFor more information, please contact Renee Saucedo at 
 renee@lrcl.org or\n(415) 553-3404.\n \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/14/18479253.php
SUMMARY:Board of Supes Meeting to Support SF Carpenters
LOCATION:WHEN:  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1 PM.\nWHERE:  SF CITY HALL, 2ND FLOOR 
 CONFERENCE ROOM
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/14/18479253.php
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