FROM BEYOND CHRON

The tremor in his voice told it all. On April 4, a striking Kaiser Security Guard stood in front of over 500 union members and supporters in Oakland on the afternoon of a one day Unfair Labor Practice Strike against Bay Area Kaiser Facilities. Unfair labor practice charges were filed by SEIU Local 24/7 to protest the threats, spying and intimidation of Kaiser security guards by Inter-Con, a Kaiser subcontractor.

“I’m so glad you are here. When I walked off the job this morning, I didn’t know who was with us. I really didn’t know who else was going to go. I walked off and at first I walked alone because we are all so spread out in buildings everywhere from here to Hayward. I saw one guy, and then I saw another guy. Then I saw more guys. Then were whole bunch of us. Then I knew. That’s when I knew we weren’t alone. We did it. And now you are all here. I can’t tell you what this means.”

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