Campaign Highlights
The POWR campaign is an innovative effort to win real change that matter
to working families. Security officers have abnormally large barriers
to self-organizing. Luckily, the POWR campaign’s coalition of security
guards, labor unions, local religious constituent groups and student activists
have found a way to win the things that Philadelphia security guards and
their families.
Over the last year, the POWR campaign has won more than $2 million in
new wages and benefits for security guards all across the city (read stories
about these victories in the press section)
2005
SLAP at Temple forced Penn (via a petition drive and bad press) to reassign
five security guard activists who were “suspended” and moved
off of their posts for trying to organize.
2006
SLAP activists at U Penn forced the university and AlliedBarton to improve
working conditions for the workers. Roving guards are no longer forced
to have their shift change meetings in a garbage storage room beneath
a Wawa. The University of Pennsylvania stated that the new worker facility
was a “million dollar” improvement.
2007
After two years of activism, UPenn announced their new sick-day policy
for AlliedBarton guards. AlliedBarton guards now get up to three days
of paid sick-leave.
Pete Winebrake, Esq, helped the POWR campaign filed a class-action lawsuit
against Robert Oakley, owner of Oakley Services. Mr. Oakley had a habit
of missing the payroll, and stealing wages from his 80 security guards
at a site in N. Philadelphia. These workers are now getting organized
into a union!
2008
POWR won sick-leave for the security guard at Temple University for the
first time ever!
Some UPenn guards win wage raises from $9.80/hour to $15/hour!
Security guards from all around the city are getting organized.
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