Over 120 laid-off production workers from Monster Cable Products, Inc. facility in Brisbane, CA., demand justice and fair treatment from the company they made successful.魔声公司成了那么富裕，都是因有工人。现在，一百二十多名生产工人要求公议，公平对待。 Join our fight against a REAL Monster... 加入我们跟一个真真的魔鬼的斗争
After months of protests and no progress with Monster Cable, laid-off workers launched a boycott of Monster Cable products until the company fairly resolves their demands:
--Provide us with a just and fair compensation package which recognizes our years of service
--Contribute to a Community Transition Fund to support laid-off workers in vocational training and job development
Why can't Mr. Lee afford a sports car or two, to do justice for the workers who made him wealthy over the past 20 years? (see Quick Facts, below).
Community Organizations include:
AFSCME Local 3299, University of California Employees (state-wide union)
A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition,
American Federation of Musicians, Local 6
CJWP (Chin Jurn Wor Ping/Chien Jin He Ping/Moving Forward for Peace)
Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club
La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco Day Laborer Program and Women’s Collective
Liberation Ink
Musicians Against Sweatshops (MASS)
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
May 1st
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA)
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action (PILA)
People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)
People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER)
RISE UP—Retail Industry—Supermarket Employees, United for Progress
San Mateo County Central Labor Council
San Francisco Labor Council
St. Peter’s Housing Committee
UNITE HERE Local 2 (Hotel and Restaurant workers union)
Young Workers United
and more.
Musicians/bands include:
Bob Sanders and LOCURA
The BROWN
Entre Musicos
Francisco Herrerra (Trabajo Cultural Caminante)
The Freedom Song Network
Hei Gu Percussion Ensemble
Jack Chernos
Julia Lau
Kelly Orphan
Leon Lee
Leo Martinez, Fuga!
Lisabeth Castro-Smyth
Los Nadies
Luke Newton
Massive Package
Mike Roadblock
Native Guns
musicaHumana Blues
Seth Samuel Newton
The TomorrowMen
Valerie Orth
…and more.
Calling Community Organizations and Musicians:
ENDORSE THE MONSTER CABLE BOYCOTT!
Number of production workers laid-off in October 2006:
Average age: 52 years old. Most workers are in their forties and fifties.
Average seniority: The average seniority is over 8 years and up to 20 years
Wages of Laid-off Workers: Average wages were approximately $11.65 per hour, with wages ranging from $9.00 to $17.20 per hour.
Current severance package offer: 4 weeks pay (Only for workers who worked the entire 2 months following layoff notice)
Severance offered by company in the past: 4 weeks pay plus 1 week per year worked
Past layoffs: This year’s marks the 5th round of layoffs in six years. Last December, 2005, at least 70 workers were laid off from the company.
CEO Says He Can't Afford a Just Compensation for Workers, but...
Company sales revenue: estimated at over $300 million in 2004
Price of naming “
Value of company sports car fleet: estimated at $5.5 million
And he CAN afford: throwing an expensive concert for 4,000 people at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas last Tues., Jan. 9.
Kerry King
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