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ALT To Ruth Richardson, Molly Gage, and Ocea Bicha: We are writing to you, as unions representing thousands of workers in the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement, to demand that you immediately cease union busting, reinstate Grace Larson, and bargain with the PPNCS Union in good faith for a fair first contract.
ALT Unions are essential to the fight for reproductive freedom and justice. Over 400 PPNCS workers voted overwhelmingly to unionize with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa last July to democratize their workplace and improve the terms and conditions of their employment because we cannot live the full, self-determined lives we deserve without fair pay, benefits, and protections from unjust termination and retaliation. Every worker deserves a union, but it is particularly important, in this moment, for those who have been fighting on the front lines for patients since Roe was overturned. Ensuring these workers receive fair wages and benefits, sufficient staffing levels, and other critical workplace improvements to prevent turnover, is vital to making sure abortion patients and others receive the level of care and advocacy they need.
ALT We are particularly dismayed with your choice to instead engage in aggressive retaliation and union busting given Rep. Richardson’s role as a Democratic member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who has repeatedly represented herself to the public, including in campaign materials, as a person committed to standing with unions. While you may not technically be representing your constituents in your capacity as PPNCS CEO, it is still incredibly disrespectful to the people who elected you to be a strong supporter of organized labor to then work to bust your own workplace’s union. When your behavior is so egregious that even longtime labor leaders say they have “literally not seen any other employer ever do” the kind of retaliation you have engaged in, you are failing to uphold both the values of our movement and the standards of an elected public servant.
ALT Our movement cannot function without the workers who make it run. It is unacceptable that you are undermining care and advocacy at such an important regional provider. Reinstate Grace and bargain a fair contract now so PPNCS workers can focus on their jobs with the support they need for our long fight ahead. Sincerely, Center for Reproductive Rights Union UAW 2110 FM Union Planned Parenthood of Western PA UE Local 696 Just the Pill Workers United NAPAWF Union PPFA Union DC - SEIU Local 500 Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties Workers United - UFCW 324 Guttmacher Employees United - OPEIU Local 153 NNAF Workers United - OPEIU Local 11 PPRM Union - SEIU Local 105 PPLM United 1199SEIU
ALT Statement reads: By the time of the Dobbs anniversary, dozens of employees of Planned Parenthood’s national office, including members of PPFA DC Union SEIU Local 500 and 1199 SEIU PPFA NYC, San Francisco, will no longer have jobs. PPFA’s leadership claims that the organization’s restructuring, and the layoffs it entails, is in service of state affiliates and of the movement for reproductive freedom — yet they are pushing out some of our movement’s brightest minds. This comes at a time where reproductive freedom is in jeopardy and when our members are struggling under difficult economic conditions, especially in our core locations of Washington, DC, and New York City. PPFA’s workers have families to support, loans to pay, and health to tend. We have served PPFA during the toughest times for abortion access. We deserve more than empty claims of equity and of supporting our futures.
ALT Kid playing a trumpet with overlapping text that says, "your local union" towards another kid covering their ears with overlapping text that says, "all repro workers." There is text above them that says, "you deserve better pay, benefits, and workplace protections" to signal the message being sent by the trumpet.
ALT First person, "You believe that everyone deserves the right to organize for better pay, benefits, and workplace protections?" Next person, "What, like it's hard?"