Workers at the Webster & ‘Rico Pobre’ car washes in the Bronx today walked off their jobs to protest ongoing harassment and retaliation from store managers who, they said, routinely subject have not responded to their demands for improvements in...
Bronx Car Wash Workers Win, Join RWDSU
Workers at the WCA Car Wash in Soundview in the Bronx voted unanimously to join the RWDSU. The workers there are the seventh New York City car wash to become members of the RWDSU. WCA Car Wash, affectionately known...
Queens Car Wash Workers Demand Fair Contract
Workers at the Sutphin Car Wash in Jamaica joined with community leaders on Saturday to demand that Sutphin owners Fernando Magalhaes and John Lage negotiate a fair union contract. Today’s action comes on the heels of recent contract victories...
Activists Demand Better Treatment at Bronx Car Wash
On Saturday, worker and community activists joined elected officials and religious leaders at the Wash and Lube car wash in the Bronx to demand higher pay and better working conditions for the “carwasheros” employed there. The car wash is...
Sunny Day Car Wash Workers Win NY’s Second Car Wash Contract
(l to r back row) New York Communities for Change organizer Chio Valerio, RWDSU attorneys Liz Vladek and Larry Cary and RWDSU Assistant to the President David Mertz look on as Sunny Day worker Juan Campis signs new RWDSU...
Victory at Jomar as Carwasheros Strike, Win Worker Back His Job
Workers at Jomar Car Wash in Queens, who joined the RWDSU in April, today went on strike after a worker was assaulted by a co-owner and then fired. Workers returned to the job when managers agreed to rehire Jomar...
Major Breakthrough in Campaign to Organize Car Washes – First Contract Ratified
Workers (above) at the Hi-Tek Car Wash & Lube in Queens have made history by voting to ratify the first union contract of any car wash in New York City. The three-year contract caps the workers’ 10-month campaign for union...