Workers have returned and started the evening shift. The blockade was opened voluntarily, and the protesters have given their demands to Freeport and the local administration. We will continue discussing their demands.
Workers have got to be asking themselves, what do we have to do?
Workers generally, and working families generally, are hit by the same huge increase in costs that's going to face them all winter.
Workers forget to ask for permission and bosses don't quite get the importance of these rallies. In general, most companies don't want to be at odds with the immigrant community and they certainly do not want to have a negative focus placed on them now.
Workers everywhere are just starting to say, 'Look, we're fed up with this. We're going to start demanding that we have respect and we have job security and we have decent wages and benefits,'
Workers don't want to give up what they've earned in terms of health-care coverage. It's sort of the deepest wound you can cut.
Workers deserve a fair share of the economic pie,
Workers at these plants have long needed some type of enforceable regulation and rule. It's kind of amazing that it's the year 2006, and they're just starting to get that.
Workers are legally entitled to breaks and employers have to acknowledge that. They should try and be fair to all staff and consult with them before they change any rules.
Workers are asking for bigger pay increases and they are getting them. The pendulum has swung decidedly in favor of workers.