MOTT'S STRIKE 65 DAYS OLD AND COUNTING

CSEA Local 828 President Bess Watts (left) hands a monetary donation and bags of food to the striking Mott's workers from Williamson, N.Y.  The Local 828 executive board, Unit presidents and some family members pitched in to help out the RWDSU workers who have been on strike since May 23.  (photos by Anne Tischer)

Williamson, N.Y.--  Please join us tomorrow in assisting the striking Mott's workers (RWDSU Local 220) by participating in a leaftlet line.  It will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Wal-Mart, 990 Routes 5 & 20, Geneva, NY. 

Nearly 300 Mott's workers have been unfairly forced to go on strike after Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) proposed slashing wages by $1.50/hr, reducing 410k contributions, and undermining retirement security.  President Watts has called this action the epitomy of "corporate greed."

The irony here is that DPS's three highest paid executives, including CEO Larry Young, all saw their pay increase more than 100% between 2007 and 2009. Their stock has rocketed 28% since their most recent earnings announcement in February of 2010. In fact, their stock price is outperforming the industry as a whole by 443% since that earnings release.

Additionally, MCC Unit 7402 is now sponsoring a food bank drive for the striking workers.  The organizers are looking for canned goods, nonperishable foods and personal hygiene items. For more information about this effort, please contact MCC Unit President Tom Pollizi at tpolliz1@rochester.rr.com.

For additional information how you can help the cause, please log on to No Bad Apples.org.