“They came to work every single day and performed their jobs well,” said Daisy Cruz, Mid-Atlantic District leader for the Service Employees International Union-affiliated 32BJ, which represents property service workers. “They did nothing wrong. This was a decision based on numbers, they are not looking at the lives they have affected.”

Estela Rios worked five years as a day porter for Teva, earning $14.50 an hour with benefits washing windows and keeping the lobby and bathrooms clean. Through an interpreter, Rios said that on March 13, she and nine of her coworkers were unexpectedly told it would be their final week of employment.

“They suddenly changed contracts, there was no warning that this would be happening,” Rios said. “We have not heard from them since we left.”

After five months of emails, phone calls and letters with no response, Rios and her former coworkers walked to the main gate Thursday in an attempt to meet with Teva officials face-to-face. Led by Cruz, they were met at the front entrance by a Teva representative who did not identify himself. He would not allow the group past security and advised them to use the contact information on the website to communicate with the company executives.

More at source: Bucks County Courier

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