Tacoma SDS

Solidarity with Worker Fired for On the Job Injury

It's illegal to fire a worker for an on-the-job injury, but that didn't stop one local employer. The Seattle Solidarity Network calls for a protest to show this employer that working people standing together will fight for our rights.

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* Stand with her and confront the boss: Thursday July 31st, 2pm
* Gather in Home Depot parking lot (6810 S 180th St), near the Taco Time
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Tomania Dunlop, who's been coming out to Solidarity Network actions
since the very first one, recently had a serious on-the-job injury
while working as a builder for Tuff Shed, a nationwide chain that
builds sheds and garages. Her weight came down on her leg at a bad
angle, it tore her cartilage, and she collapsed. She couldn't walk and
had to be taken to the hospital. She called and told her boss she'd
had a bad injury and wouldn't be able to work, and hospital staff
informed the company that a Workers' Compensation claim was being
filed. A few days later, the boss told her she was fired.

Tuff Shed is claiming they fired Tomania for failing to call in a
couple days after her injury, when she was heavily drugged and still
unable to walk. The real reason for the firing is obvious: to save the
company money on Workers' Comp. As a low-income worker and a new
mother, she can't afford to let this stand. Tomania was once told by
Tuff Shed management that she was the only woman builder employed by
the whole company, nationwide. Obviously they're messing with the
wrong person. She's going to fight it, and she's asking for the
support of the Solidarity Network and anyone who's willing to back her
up.

Thursday afternoon, July 31st, Tomania will be paying a visit to the
Tuff Shed office in Tukwila. There she'll deliver her demand that the
company reverse the firing within one week or face more serious public
action. We need as many people as possible to go in with her. If you
can possibly make it, please join us.

Where/When: Gather 2pm, Thursday July 31st, in the Home Depot parking
lot (6810 S 180th St), near the Taco Time
Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6810+S+180th+St,+Seattl...

From there we'll go together to Tuff Shed, a few blocks away

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Seattle Solidarity Network is an informal network of working class people in the Seattle area. Check out http://seattlesolidarity.net for news and updates.