Editor’s commentary
During the height to unionize Palermo’s Pizza workers, media news releases and coverage of Voces de la Frontera’s campaign to establish a union at Palermo’s Villa was always welcomed by Christine Nuemann-Ortiz, the organizations executive director.
The more media, the better it seemed.
Palermo’s Pizza workers held strike demonstrations in front of Palermo’s Pizza and with the help of Voces de la Frontera, called for a national boycott of Palermo’s Pizza.
But all that media hounding ended on July of this year when Voces de la Frontera quietly had Palermo’s workers rescind their petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Recent news reports have surfaced alerting the public that over two months ago Voces ended union organizing at Palermo’s Pizza when Palermo’s workers retreated by asking NLRB to cancel its petition to unionize. No media press release, no news conference, not even a last stand demonstration.
What happened? Not to the union organizing effort, but what happened to the 75 undocumented workers Voces de la Frontera manipulated into unionizing the Palermo’s workforce.
The fact that no mention of this was made by Voces de La Frontera, raises concerns about the forgotten workers and their families.
What is the status of these workers and their families? The community needs to know.
