For Cesar Chavez Day Hundreds March On Pomona College

On Cesar Chavez Day, more than 500 L.A. union members, students, professors and community activists marched through Pomona College in solidarity with 16 immigrant dining hall workers who were fired while organizing with UNITE HERE Local 11 last December.

Following the march, fired dining hall workers and supporters held a ‘Banquet in the Streets’ in the middle of campus. Electricians of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 cooked carne asada. Grocery workers of the United Food and Commericial Workers Local 1428 served the food. Music was provided by Quetzal and mariachis.

One of the fired dining hall workers, Juan Gonzalez said, "The students and workers came together to make conditions better in the dining hall and to form a union. Workers at Pomona College deserve better. It’s time for peace from the Administration and to let the workers have a union election."

Read the Los Angeles Times story. at:                                                                  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pomona-college-20120331,0,1580920.story

Check out photos of the Banquet in the Streets on Facebook:                               https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150637723482282.380924.81692287281&type=1