{"id":518,"date":"2012-12-20T12:46:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T15:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/?p=518"},"modified":"2015-07-07T16:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T19:29:19","slug":"a-labor-lesson-psou-fights-at-upenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/?p=518","title":{"rendered":"A Labor Lesson- PSOU Fights At UPenn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this great blog post about me by Jane Von Bergen. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/jobs\/125843138.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/jobs\/125843138.html', 'Imagine starting a labor union to represent workers against two powerful forces &#8212; one of the largest security guard companies on the globe and one of the nation&#8217;s largest labor unions. That&#8217;s what Fabricio Rodriguez, 37, a labor entrepreneur faced when he set out to organize security guards');\">Imagine starting a labor union to represent workers against two powerful forces &#8212; one of the largest security guard companies on the globe and one of the nation&#8217;s largest labor unions. That&#8217;s what Fabricio Rodriguez, 37, a labor entrepreneur faced when he set out to organize security guards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those heady days before SEIU had settled a contract with area employers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-12-13\/news\/35776336_1_seiu-local-32bj-security-guards-alliedbarton-security-services\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-12-13\/news\/35776336_1_seiu-local-32bj-security-guards-alliedbarton-security-services', 'About 2,500 Philadelphia security guards, working at most of the city&#8217;s office buildings and major institutions, have become unionized and ratified their first contract.');\">About 2,500 Philadelphia security guards, working at most of the city&#8217;s office buildings and major institutions, have become unionized and ratified their first contract.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Von Bergen doesn&#8217;t mention that SEIU doesn&#8217;t represent all of the Security Officers at UPenn.  PSOU won an election 72-2 for the PennWalk Officers in October.<\/p>\n<p>Upon hearing that AlliedBarton and SEIU had settled a contract, the PennWalk Officer were upset as AlliedBarton has hardly even meet with union leaders.  So, last Friday, the PSOU broke the silence on UPenn&#8217;s quiet campus with a spirited protest. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAyU8z-Br_s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Support the PSOU!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-14-11.44.01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-14-11.44.01-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-12-14 11.44.01\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-526\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-14-11.44.01-300x149.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-14-11.44.01-1024x509.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-14-11.44.01.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the Daily Pennsylvanian&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2012\/12\/alliedbarton-rallies-to-protest-contract-negotiation-delays\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2012\/12\/alliedbarton-rallies-to-protest-contract-negotiation-delays', 'About 20 PennWalk and Penn Park officers, members of the Philadelphia Security Officers Union, gathered in front of Penn President Amy Gutmann\u2019s house on Walnut Street around 11 a.m. on Friday to protest the negotiation delays between AlliedBarton and the PSOU.');\">About 20 PennWalk and Penn Park officers, members of the Philadelphia Security Officers Union, gathered in front of Penn President Amy Gutmann\u2019s house on Walnut Street around 11 a.m. on Friday to protest the negotiation delays between AlliedBarton and the PSOU.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this great blog post about me by Jane Von Bergen. Imagine starting a labor union to represent workers against two powerful forces &#8212; one of the largest security guard companies on the globe and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/?p=518'>Read the Post<span class='screen-reader-text'>A Labor Lesson- PSOU Fights At UPenn<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,3,28],"tags":[89,10,30,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":936,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}