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Connecticut Security Officers Vote to Authorize StrikeSecurity officers in Hartford, Connecticut, voted this week to authorize a strike in the event that an agreement is not met with their employer, SOS Security. Though employed for a private company, the officers work to protect important state buildings, including those that house Homeland Security, Social Services and Revenue Services. SOS officers say that that the strike authorization is in response to a failure by the officers' employer to make pension contributions required by the state contract, and the company's attempts to intimidate workers who are engaging in lawful union-organizing activities.
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Our Personal Stories
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Stephen Murray: "We need to educate people and let them know they have a voice."
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Joshua Rojas: "It's a day-by-day existence and forming a union can change that."
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Sharon Robertson: "We need to care for one another."
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Janet Brown: "I'm organizing with my co-workers to bring respect and accountability to my job."
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Mike Delgado: "They need to respect us, and they won't unless we stand together."
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Kobra Oden: "We work hard keeping Philadelphia safe..."
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Harrison Bullard: "We won job protection, even when security companies change."
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Donna Alexander: "Belonging to a union will benefit you immensely."
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Roger Schutt: "We can organize for a better life."
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Renita Whicker: "2000 officers will have a great impact."
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Eric Meade: "I want security to be a proud and honored profession."
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Kevin Chavis: "Workers have a lot more rights than they realize."
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Hugh Abel: "Whether it's low wages or the big corporate bailouts, workers these days are getting shafted."
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Torrey Nelson: "I wish I could do more. I need a second job so I can keep up and save for our future."
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Francine Beal: "If we all come together, they'll have to listen. And then we can make this profession into a career."
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Sabra Mahrling: "I work hard and I'm always early. What I'd like to see is decent insurance."
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Luckendy Benjamin: "Our community needs better jobs."
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Gerard Gurrier: "This is our moment. Let's make the best of it."
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Betty McGuire, Massachusetts Security Officer
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Naomie Remy Dieudonne: "We deserve it, we need it, and together we will make it."
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