Davis Wire Workers To Gather At Courthouse To Join Sweatshop Lawsuit; Strike Rally To Follow

King County Courthouse Event on Tuesday, July 17 at 11 A.M. in Seattle; Community Rally at Davis Wire in Kent at 3 P.M.     

SEATTLE, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, July 17 at 11 A.M. striking workers at Davis Wire will converge on the King County Courthouse in Seattle, where they will officially join a lawsuit alleging that the company created sweatshop-like conditions by working employees off the clock and denying employees rest and meal breaks in an unsafe environment and failing to pay them statutorily-required overtime wages. 

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After the courthouse action, workers will hold a 3 P.M. rally at Davis Wire in Kent (19411 80th Ave S) to mark nearly 2 months since the start of the strike.  Workers will be joined by family members, religious leaders, labor leaders, elected officials, and community members.

Larry Dunson, a 28-year production worker who lost his fingertip in an industrial accident at the facility, will be available to speak to the media at the courthouse and at the rally.  Larry represents many of his co-workers who have been maimed on the job.  For more information about working conditions at Davis Wire visit www.teamsters117.org or view the Missing Fingers at Davis Wire video on YouTube.

WHO:  Davis Wire Workers and their Family Members
           Larry Dunson, 28-year Davis Wire employee
           Tracey A. Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 117 
           Jeff Johnson, President, Washington State Labor Council
           Dave Freiboth, Executive Secretary, M.L. King County Labor Council
           Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, 34^th Legislative District
           Rep. Bob Hasegawa, 11^th Legislative District
           Jack Block, Burien City Council
           Pastor Elder LeRoy Watson, Prayer Warriors Ministries

WHAT/WHEN:  DAVIS WIRE SWEATSHOP LAWSUIT ACTION/2-MONTH STRIKE RALLY
                        Tuesday, July 17, 2012
                        Sweatshop Lawsuit Action at the King County Courthouse:  11 A.M.
                        Strike Rally at Davis Wire in Kent:  3 P.M.

WHERE:   Sweatshop Lawsuit Action:  King County Courthouse - Seattle
                516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

                Strike Rally:  Davis Wire      
                19411 80th Avenue South, Kent, WA  98032

SOURCE Teamsters Local 117