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POWR Blessing of The Hands Ceremony and Update
Submitted by Fabricio Rodriguez on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 2:07pm.
POWR Update!
Approximately 70 people attended the Philadelphia Officers and Workers Rising (POWR) campaign rally and "Blessing of the Hands" Ceremony on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday, Sept. 7.
Within hours of our arrival, the museum announced that they were considering starting a new sick-leave policy (up to three days per year for full time workers who have been at the property for three years).
Though this benefit is far from what we have demanded, we are glad to know that the museum is headed in the right direction. We still need your support to make sure that the museum does not stop short of family sustaining wages, affordable health care and a real paid sick-leave policy. You can sign our online petition here
Here is a slide show of some of the speakers...
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Museum Grants Some Guards Paid Sick Leave
Last week, AlliedBarton management distributed a memo to their 130 security guards at the Philadelphia Museum of Art stating that officers with at least one year of full-time service at the property are eligible for between 1 and 3 days of paid sick leave. This benefit is effective immediately and includes workers whose anniversary date of hire was July 1, 2007. This benefit is the latest victory for the POWR campaign, an innovative effort to win work place benefits for security guards which brings together workers, labor unions, congregations and students. This will provide 2,000-3,000 hours for workers to attend to their physical, mental and spiritual health and adds up to $8,000-$12,000 in wages and replacement wages to guards and communities across our city.
Though this is great first step, we must continue to push the Philadelphia Museum of Art to strive to reach the level expressed in the Philadelphia Living Wage Ordinance. Additionally, dozens of other guards on the property, guards that work for other companies but are doing the same jobs as AlliedBarton guards, continue to work with out any paid sick days. Please send a letter from our online action site encouraging the museum leaders to schedule further improvements.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/PMALaborDay
POWR in unity!
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Fabricio Rodriguez,
Executive Director