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DESCRIPTION:Workers’ Justice at Whole Foods\n\nThe East Bay Solidarity Network calls 
 for community members to\nstop business-as-usual at the SOMA Whole Foods on 
 Wednesday,\nNovember 23rd.\n\nNatalia, a former worker at corporate grocery 
 giant Whole Foods who had\nreached the $19-per-hour salary cap for her 
 position, was fired after 13 years of working for the company, without 
 having received any warnings or write-ups.\n\nAny employee, especially one 
 who has been dedicated for 13-years, deserves to be able to defend 
 themselves against unfounded accusations that greatly damage their 
 livelihood.\n\nThe East Bay Solidarity Network (EBSol) and Natalia are 
 demanding her job back at her previous wage with full back pay.\n\nEBSol 
 sent a letter to the Whole Foods in San Francisco’s SOMA district 
 where\nNatalia worked, petitioning for the above demands, but has since 
 received no\nresponse.\n\n“We won’t let this giant, gentrifying 
 box-store push this case aside,” said Ryan Pollack, an EBSol organizer. 
 “As a business that’s refused to allow any union organizing among its 
 workers, the staff’s rights are very limited. This kind of case is 
 exactly why EBSol organizes: We all need to know that people will have our 
 backs while our bosses treat us as expendable.”\n\nThe day before 
 Thanksgiving is Whole Foods’ most profitable, and the SOMA\nstore expects 
 to make far more than Natalia’s full annual wage on that day 
 alone.\n\nEBSol has organized an action Wednesday, November 23 from 4pm 
 to\n8pm at 399 4th street San Francisco to turn shoppers away the day 
 before\nThanksgiving, to tell Whole Foods that they need to re-hire 
 Natalia.\n\n“Whole Foods will be in a very vulnerable place the day 
 before Thanksgiving,”\nsaid EBSol organizer Ameena Regis. “Stopping the 
 regular flow of business will\nbring a wakeup call to the doorstep of Whole 
 Foods – a corporation that stands for nothing less than expensive organic 
 food and workplace abuse.”\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/22/18700756.php
SUMMARY:Whole Foods Protest / Boycott for Workers' Justice
LOCATION:Out front of the Whole Foods SOMA location in San Francisco, 399 4th St.  @ 
 Harrison
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/22/18700756.php
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