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Workers at Park Slope (Brooklyn) car wash are the 10th in the city to join a union
X post in Labor & GD. Over the 12 hour LBN time limit or I would post this there. Note this is a GOOD well written article in the Daily News!!!???
Workers at Vegas Auto Spa voted to join the RWDSU. They have been on strike since last November — and plan to continue until a contract is signed.
WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION
Park Slope carwash workers protest on Thursday outside Vegas Auto Spa, where they're battling with the owner over wages and working conditions.They voted on Friday to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/park-sloper-car-wash-workers-join-union-article-1.2089954
BY ERICA PEARSON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, January 23, 2015, 5:40 PM
Workers at a Brooklyn car wash have agreed to unionize, making it the 10th in the city to make the move.
Immigrant carwasheros at the Vegas Auto Spa in Park Slope voted unanimously on Friday to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, the head of the union said.
“We are showing this car wash operator and all car wash operators in New York City the power of the collective voice of workers,” said RWDSU boss Stuart Appelbaum.
The Brooklyn workers have been on strike, calling for the right to unionize, since last November — and plan to continue until a contract is signed.
FULL story at link.