Members of Southwest Workers Union gathered today in front of Driscoll Middle School to protest systematic union-busting and worker intimidation in the Northeast Independent School District. The protest was sparked by the harassment on the job of Local #14 President and custodian Marco Velasquez. Mr. Velasquez's assistant head custodian called him a "wetback", a racial slur for immigrants from Mexico, and threatened to fire him. Former Local #14 president Ken Kopcinzsky was also unjustly terminated in a pattern of anti-union tactics on the part of NEISD. NEISD is the only school district in San Antonio that does not allow SWU reasonable access to its members on their duty-free lunch breaks.
Stop the retaliation! No racism in our schools! Support worker rights to organize in NEISD!
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