JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - On Thursday, the U.S. Secretary of Labor made a stop in the Capital City.
Inside the Terry L. Woodard Ballroom at Jackson State University, Marty Walsh described the conversation he had with a group of fast-food workers in Arkansas, detailing their toxic work environment.
“Treated terribly,” Walks described. “Racism, sexual harassment. The days of racism need to be in the rear view mirror; the days of workers’ rights need to be here.”
During the roundtable discussion, he also heard from Mississippi workers going through similar experiences.
“You’re property to them,” said Morris Mock Jr., who’s a Nissan factory worker, and an organizer. “You’re not even human, you’re property. It’s sad to compare it, but I would compare it to like plantation culture.”
”If they’re paying more than $7.25 an hour you can pretty much do whatever you want to those workers, they won’t leave, they won’t complain,” said Angela Dawson, Mississippi community engagement coordinator.
Representatives from six different unions and organizations were a part of this discussion. They said a few challenges most workers have include being overworked due to shortages at their job and being miseducated on the rights they have, which is why members on the panel stress the importance of organizing unions.
”People don’t understand ‘right to work’ and ‘at-will employment,’” said Rosie Turner, vice-president of UFCW Local 1529. “We don’t understand it. You got a right to work and they got a...
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