Worker featured in last H2A alert fired--what you can do

[Omaha Steve]

Worker featured in last H2A alert fired
--what you can do

Two weeks ago we told you about Simon San German, the brave farm worker who spoke up against the huge vegetable grower Tamimura and Antle. The company was abusing the H2A program by laying-off local farm workers at its Tres Picos Ranch, including Simon & others. They did this while bringing in foreign guest workers and not offering the laid-off the opportunity to apply for those jobs as required by federal law.

In response to the workers’ situation, the UFW had filed a complaint with the US Department of Labor, demanding that Tanimura & Antle be barred from the H-2A program for such blatant discrimination against local workers. Simon and several of his co-workers were eventually rehired.

The week after we sent you the e-mail Simon spoke up again during a worker meeting, when the company tried to unevenly reduce their work hours. Simon was fired immediately afterwards. When Simon asked why, he stated the ranch supervisor told him, “He was tired of me, that I caused him many problems.”

As a result, today we filed charges with the Agricultural Labor Relations Board for company retaliation.

Help us get word to the company that they are not above the law. Send an immediate message to Tamimura and Antle’s Vice President of Human Resources, Carmen Ponce, today and tell them to immediately rehire Simon.

Take action here: http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/tanda?rk=u7S3S57qj_b0E

http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/tanda

Tell-A-Friend: Every e-mail sent makes a difference. Forward this message to at least 10 friends or family and ask them to send an e-mail too: http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/tanda/forward/wwwnudd


Good night all.

OS