[Seattle-editorial] Feature proposal: Sky Chef

[Lance Larkin]

Nice Jonathan. I have been out of town this weekend
but see you have been busy. Looks good.

L. 

--- jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org> wrote:
> [from Portland IMC mostly]
> 
> subtitle:UNION BUSTING GOES UNDERCOVER
> title:Protest Blasts Sky Chef/INS 'Racist
> Scapegoating' at SeaTac
> 
> Activists descended on SeaTac Airport Saturday to
> express concern for the 
> "outrageous anti-worker and immigrant conduct" of
> LSG Sky Chef, a 
> subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines, which makes
> airplane meals. On April 18, 
> 16 unionized LSG Sky Chef workers were arrested by
> Immigration 
> Naturalization Service (INS) officials who were
> disguised as LSG Sky Chef 
> management. Since September 11, 2001, airport
> employers across the U.S. 
> have been using "national security" as an excuse to
> bring in the INS and 
> remove workers who have been active in unions. The
> operation was condemned 
> by local <a
>
href="http://cabana.diaryland.com/020612_31.html">labor
> 
> leaders</a> and religious groups; <a
> href="http://www.jwj.org/">Jobs with 
> Justice</a> of Washington called the practice
> "racist scapegoating."
> 
> <p><a
>
href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15107">Read
> 
> the full story.</a>
> 
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