What in the hell …

Following up from this - the conjunction of lack of a health care system in the U.S. with temp labor conditions = serious consequences.

http://isupportthetemps.blogspot.com/2007/03/on-death-of-fellow-worker.html

Monday, March 26, 2007
On the Death of a Fellow Worker…

The vigil will be at 9 P.M. Friday night (3/30/07)
directly in front of the Hatcher graduate library in
the diag. Look for us around the “M”.

Dear friends and fellow workers,

We recently have been informed that a fellow worker of
ours from the cafeteria in the basement of the
business school, James Kirk, has sadly passed away
Friday afternoon. Aswould be expected, a lot of the
workers are absolutely shocked at the news of his
passing. We took it upon ourselves to inform you all
about the news, as I know that most of us (at least
laptop support) go down on our 15 minute breaks to get
a bite to eat, some snacks, or even a hot meal from
the kitchen. But it’s not just the workers who get
their food prepared by these workers every day, it’s
students as well.

We are planning to host a candle lit vigil on the M in
the diag (in front of the Grad Library and shapiro)
and have a moment of silence for James sometime this
week which would include all of the Ross Business
school employees and also the students organizing in
the temps campaign to show appreciation for his work
here at the University. This is an issue near and dear
to us, not only because James was a fellow worker, but
because James might have been able to receive a proper
diagnosis and treatment for his condition had he been
given access to UHS; a struggle closely tied to the
temps campaign.

If you are interested in attending or have any other
ideas of ways to have a remembrance for our fellow
worker and friend go ahead and let us know. You can
call an IWW organizer at (734) 272-2321.

This is a very sad time for all of us, so I believe
staying together and staying strong is a rather
important for us at this time. We will keep everyone
posted.

Rest In Peace

The Temps

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