Feb 15 2010
Faith & Civil Rights Vigil in Support of Justice at Andiamo workers
During this economic downturn, we have all been hit by the hard times.
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"We're trying to change what it means to work in a restaurant. Open your eyes to what is happening. The owners' eyes are closed. When we opened our eyes, we saw all the bad things that happened to us and that keep on happening to others. Now our eyes are open and we want to wake up other workers. Please join us." - Bertha Rosales, Andiamo Restaurant Worker for last 6 years and mother of 5 children
However, some people are facing this tough economy in a hostile work and unjust work environment. For months, Restaurant Opportunities Center, Interfaith Worker’s Justice, and ICPJ have been protesting Andiamo Restaurant in Dearborn for hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid wages and workplace discrimination.
As a federal lawsuit against the owner works its way through the courts, we need to continue to show support for the workers.
WHAT: Faith & Civil Rights Vigil in Support of Justice at Andiamo workers
WHEN: Friday, February 19th from 7-8 pm;
WHERE: outside Andiamo Dearborn Restaurant, 21400 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn
WHO: Civil rights songs as well as Sister Cathey DeSantis, Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance & Pastor Bill Wylie-Kellerman, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Detroit. Sponsored by the Restaurant Opportunities Center, Metro Detroit Interfaith Worker Justice, and Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice.
WHY: Learn more about the struggle here.
HOW: There will be carpools leaving at 5:45 from “The Cube” near Maynard and Jefferson in Ann Arbor. Please let Rick Durance know if you’re going at rdurance@umich.edu so we can know how many people to expect.
Whether you’re feel strongly about workers right, racial or sexual discrimination, economic injustice, or just feel called to help, please come and support the movement for justice at Andiamo.



