Amelia Kalant This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.scfl.org

   www.scfl.org/?ulnid=1239 - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/25/2007   Last Visited: 9/25/2007

   "This company has no shame in making a mockery of workers' rights and the law," said Amelia Kalant, a research analyst with UNITE HERE.
   
   "The fact the NLRB's regional director found merit in 21 of these charges is just further evidence that this company profits by maintaining sweatshop working conditions," said Kalant.
   
   According to Kalant, Superior Linen argued that it complied with the Living Wage ordinance by averaging in overtime pay and bonuses to artificially inflate pay rates. Dane County, which compiled an 80-page audit of the company, has not yet determined whether it would pull a contract to provide laundry services for the Badger Prairie nursing home. The Dane County Board, however, recently added clarifying language closing a loophole in the living wage ordinance.
   
   The NLRB charges relate to the company's campaign to discourage workers from organizing in Superior Linen's Madison plant and another near Milwaukee in Cudahy.
   
   According to Kalant, just a few of the illegal acts alleged to have occurred at the Madison plant include:
   ...
   "They were trying to do anything they could to scare workers, bribe them and punish them," says Kalant.

2. 2. Union Labor News: NLRB Pursues 21 Charges At Superior Health Linen

   www.scfl.freedmind.org/?ulnid= - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/1/2006   Last Visited: 11/25/2007

   "This company has no shame in making a mockery of workers' rights and the law," said Amelia Kalant, a research analyst with UNITE HERE.
   
   "The fact the NLRB's regional director found merit in 21 of these charges is just further evidence that this company profits by maintaining sweatshop working conditions," said Kalant.
   
   According to Kalant, Superior Linen argued that it complied with the Living Wage ordinance by averaging in overtime pay and bonuses to artificially inflate pay rates. Dane County, which compiled an 80-page audit of the company, has not yet determined whether it would pull a contract to provide laundry services for the Badger Prairie nursing home. The Dane County Board, however, recently added clarifying language closing a loophole in the living wage ordinance.
   
   The NLRB charges relate to the company's campaign to discourage workers from organizing in Superior Linen's Madison plant and another near Milwaukee in Cudahy.
   
   According to Kalant, just a few of the illegal acts alleged to have occurred at the Madison plant include:
   ...
   "They were trying to do anything they could to scare workers, bribe them and punish them," says Kalant.

3. 3. Union Labor News: NLRB Pursues 21 Charges At Superior Health Linen

   scfl.freedmind.org/?ulnid=1239 - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/13/2006   Last Visited: 11/23/2007

   "This company has no shame in making a mockery of workers' rights and the law," said Amelia Kalant, a research analyst with UNITE HERE.
   
   "The fact the NLRB's regional director found merit in 21 of these charges is just further evidence that this company profits by maintaining sweatshop working conditions," said Kalant.
   
   According to Kalant, Superior Linen argued that it complied with the Living Wage ordinance by averaging in overtime pay and bonuses to artificially inflate pay rates. Dane County, which compiled an 80-page audit of the company, has not yet determined whether it would pull a contract to provide laundry services for the Badger Prairie nursing home. The Dane County Board, however, recently added clarifying language closing a loophole in the living wage ordinance.
   
   The NLRB charges relate to the company's campaign to discourage workers from organizing in Superior Linen's Madison plant and another near Milwaukee in Cudahy.
   
   According to Kalant, just a few of the illegal acts alleged to have occurred at the Madison plant include:
   ...
   "They were trying to do anything they could to scare workers, bribe them and punish them," says Kalant.