Labor/Employment
Mar. 13, 2012
Warehouse group with union ties has one longterm goal
Warehouse Workers United has pursued an aggressive legal strategy, filing lawsuits in federal court against Inland Empire companies. But organizers say they have their eyes on a bigger prize: unionizing the 300 warehouses outside LA.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
ONTARIO - They conduct the first visit in secret after a thorough vetting process.
Santos Castaneda remembers it well. A small group of workers came to his home one afternoon to ask him to join them.
"No, no, no," he told them. "I'll lose my job."
Castaneda sorts cargo at one of many Inland Empire warehouses, where logistics companies hired by major retaile...
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