SWU-YLO went to Bill Millers on September 27, 2007 to submit petition and to request yet again another sit down meeting with the senior management. The petition had 1,157 signatures from San Antonio residents that agree on Bill Miller shall pay a starting wage of $9.00/hr to all your workers, regardless of location. We have been asking Bill Millers to have a sit down face to face meeting to talk about the pay discrepancies and to attempt to reach a resolution in starting wages at the restaurant base in While chanting outside many residents of San Antonio honked in solidarity with southwest worker union and the starting pay of $9.00/hr at all locations.
the office because everyone was out to lunch. How can a chain of restaurants run if no one is in the office? According to her she could not take anything from anyone especially the petition. “You can leave them here but, I can’t accept them” continued Cynthia the receptionist. We decided to take the petition with us. Not sure if she would turn them in or just trash them. Later I went back in and gave her the second letter that was written that was going to be attached with the petitions. On the letter it was requesting another sit down face to face meeting with a senior manager. She accepted the letter and told me she’ll see what box she’ll put it in.
While in the office we found out that the office has been receiving many call from customers that are asking an
d pressuring the company in way there is a pay disparity between locations. We also found out that the loyal customers of Bill Millers have also been sending in the post card that Southwest Workers Union made. They been keeping everything they receive in file. They also researched the union web site and the YLO myspace. “We [Bill Miller’s] are very aware of who you guys are.” said Cynthia.
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