Workers at Palermo Villa Inc. have withdrawn their petition for union representation with the National Labor Relations Board, according to Ben Mandelman, Milwaukee officer-in-charge.
Spokespeople for Voces de la Frontera, which was representing the workers trying to form Palermo Workers Union, could not be reached for comment. The Palermo Workers Union’s website has been taken down.
Over 75 undocumented workers and their families were manipulated by Voces de la Frontera to form a union.
Now that the effort has failed, it seems Voces de la Frontera is trying desperately have this issue fade away into obscurity. Even Georgia Pabst of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel failed to cover this story after devoting many articles about the matter during the height of the campaign. The matter to withdraw unionization was done in July. Pabst had part of July, August and September to report the latest news, she didn’t.
The news was scooped by the business newspapers in Milwaukee. Why did Pabst refuse to cover this development?
Could it be that questions regarding the workers fate would have to be asked?
What about the 75 undocumented workers and their families? Did Voces de la Frontera help those workers find work or helped them to become legalized?
Pabst is taking great care to not report the failure of Voces de la Frontera’s Palermo’s Pizza campaign. In addition, Pabst is engaging in an injustice by not reporting what did Voces de la Frontera do to help those 75 undocumented workers and their families find peace and stability now that their efforts have failed.
