{"id":3034,"date":"2014-12-12T05:10:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T05:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2014-12-12T05:12:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T05:12:13","slug":"15now-org-solidarity-appeal-15-now-leader-fired-by-delta-for-speaking-out-against-low-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=3034","title":{"rendered":"15now.org – SOLIDARITY APPEAL: 15 Now Leader Fired by Delta For Speaking out Against Low Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

15now.org – SOLIDARITY APPEAL: 15 Now Leader Fired by Delta For Speaking out Against Low Pay<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Delta Airlines fired Kip Hedges, a baggage handler for 26 years, simply for supporting a $15\/hour minimum wage at the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) Airport. Delta targeted Kip because he leads 15 Now\u2019s workplace campaign at MSP to win $15\/hour. Please\u00a0show your solidarity in three simple ways:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"15-Now-logo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Sign the\u00a0Petition to Demand Delta Re-hire Kip Hedges<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Donate to 15 Now today<\/a>\u00a0to help fund the fight to defend Kip Hedges and his struggle for $15\/hour and union rights at MSP<\/p>\n

3. Help spread the word by\u00a0sharing this meme<\/a>\u00a0on the 15 Now Minnesota Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Background:
\n<\/span>Delta management told Kip he was being fired for \u201cdisparaging remarks\u201d made in a video posted on the\u00a015 Now Minnesota Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page. Anyone who watches the video, linked below, will be outraged. All Kip said was: \u201cA lot of Delta workers make under $15\/hour\u2026 a lot of the better paid workers also understand that the bottom has to be raised otherwise the top is going to fall as well.\u201d
\nWatch the video, originally posted on Workday Minnesota.
\n(Kip speaks at 1:38)<\/p>\n

\"Kip<\/a><\/p>\n

Kip was fired Tuesday, December 2nd, and on the following Friday over 250 workers and community supporters rallied to demand Delta re-hire Kip and to demand \u201c$15 and a Union.\u201d Organized by 15 Now, SEIU, IAM and other unions, protesters blocked traffic into MSP after hearing rousing speeches from workers and community supporters, including Congressman Keith Ellison who ended his speech saying \u201cShame on Delta\u201d and leading a chant for \u201c15 Now, 15 Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The airport action was a top new story in all major TV and print media. Check out the media round-up here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The timing of Kip\u2019s termination on December 2nd is no accident. It came in the midst of a national week of action for \u201c$15 and a Union,\u201d and just as three different union drives at Delta, and their subcontractor AirServ, kick into high gear with a demonstration at MSP Airport on December 5th.<\/p>\n

Delta thinks firing Kip, a leading 15 Now and union activist, will silence other airport workers from standing up for their rights. They couldn\u2019t be more wrong. With your support, and the mobilization of the wider labor movement, Delta\u2019s blatantly illegal and unjust actions will only deepen workers\u2019 resolve to fight for $15\/hour and union rights.<\/p>\n

We call on Delta and the Metropolitan Airport Commission, which governs operations at MSP Airport, to immediately reinstate Kip Hedges and to make clear that these intimidation tactics will not continue. We stand in solidarity with Kip and with all workers fighting for $15 and a union!<\/p>\n

Show your solidarity.\u00a0Sign the petition<\/a>,\u00a0make a donation<\/a>,\u00a0and help\u00a0spread the word on social media<\/a>!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/15now.org\/front-page\/kip-hedges\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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