Union Goes To Court Seeking Permit To Protest

tribal law!!!!!! is this USA?

It is shocking that the state is complicit in trying to deny these workers the right to protest. Shame on Governor Rell for once again siding with the ultrawealthy against regular working families. The right to peacefully protest an injustice is a sacred American heritage. Foxwoods management has been denying casino workers their basic human right, enshrined in federal and state law, to form into a union for economic protection. People should tell Governor Rell that she should protect Connecticut's working families not the select and ultrawealthy few.

God forbid we slow the traffic to our casinos for a couple of hours. The governor and the DOT should be ashamed. This is the US not North Korea!

It's not the USA on the reservations. You are subject to tribal laws while you are there.

While earning hundreds of millions every quarter, Foxwoods has refused to increase some wages from the levels they opened with in 1992. Over those same profitable years, they have systematically amputated entire sections of the employee benefits program. Foxwoods has refused to acknowledge the legal rights of their employees on a great many issues. Rather than voluntarily provide and enforce these rights, Foxwoods has chosen to challenge their employees rights in several United States Courts. Recently, Foxwoods has lost every one of those legal arguments. The employees have struggled endlessly over the years trying to negotiate with management to correct/improve the deficiencies. Foxwoods has kept almost all of these disputes quiet, under the cover of media blackout. You can't even begin to imagine the enormous number of fights, public disturbances, suicides and murders that have taken place on the property over the last 16 years. I'll bet you never even wondered why you hadn't heard of these events. Big money makes certain that those stories are not allowed to be reported by the media. If those stories never see the light of day, just imagine how many labor abuses have occurred that weren't reported either. There have been more than 69,000 employees licensed at Foxwoods over the past 16 years. There are only about 10,000 employees left. More than 59,000 employees no longer work there. And those are only the ones that required licenses! To an intelligent person, that sort of turn around might indicate some sort of impropriety at Foxwoods. A large group of tribal members are asking similar questions regarding the accountability, actions and treatments from their own tribal council.

Foxwoods has only been allowed to get away with these things under the cover of darkness. These employees are dragging the dirty laundry out into the light of day. A battered wife has a much better chance of survival, when the abuses are reported and more people are paying attention. Employees in this country deserve many of the protections provided by the laws and enforced by various government agencies. Foxwoods has argued that those laws, regulations and protections don't apply to them or to their employees. We are trying to prove to everyone who will listen, that Foxwoods is very wrong. As tax paying American citizens, we are as entitled to the protections under the law, as every single one of you reading these comments. For those of you asking what we want, come on out to the rally and we will be happy to tell you. With any good luck, you will also be able to watch it on your favorite news channel! "The most successful casino in the world" and arguably "the wealthiest tribe in the world," have the resources to correct each and every shortcoming. What they lack is the ethical consideration and the will to act responsibly.

All the casinos have to do is shut down for six months and let the Union pay the worker's wages. Don't want to follow company rules, then leave. Prediction: selfish union bosses will lead the sheep to joblessness. Happened in all the industries and jobs went elsewhere. Complain, Complain, that's all Union big-wigs do.