***For Immediate Release: December 18, 2008***
Workers
will proceed to the Associated Supermarket at 229 Knickerbocker Avenue,
a store whose owners were recently arrested by the NY State Attorney
General for violating labor law and falsifying business records.
The AG has also filed a civil lawsuit seeking close to $1 million dollars in illegally withheld wages and damages.
What:Scores of workers and members of the organization Make the Road New
York, representatives of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
and congregants from local churches will brave the snow and carry signs
and lights as they march to defend immigrant worker rights.
Who:Make the Road New York, a grassroots membership organization of
low-income New Yorkers, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Union.
When: Friday, December 19th, at 6pm
Where: The March will commence at 301 Grove Street, go along Knickerbocker
Avenue to Minimax at 435 Knickerbocker Avenue and then continue to the
Associated Supermarket at 229 Knickerbocker Avenue.