UNION CITY! E-newsletter
Date: Tuesday, May 25th 2004

DC MINYAN COMPLETES FOOD DRIVE FOR STRIKING LAUNDRY WORKERS:

The Social Action Committee of DC Minyan, a traditional egalitarian
Jewish community, collected non-perishable food items throughout
the month of January to benefit workers at Sterling Laundry who
have been on strike since September. The 110 workers, mostly
African-American and Latina women, have been trying to form a
union with UNITE and went on strike in protest of sweatshop
conditions and multiple violations of their rights. The DC
Minyan SAC collected food every Monday evening during the weekly
Beit Midrash study group held at the DC Jewish Community Center.