We add the following: the proposal for a formal hiring site being offered by a coalition of clergy, lay, non-religious, business people and groups advocating for immigrants will not require any public funding.
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To all of our friends and supporters,
Our press conference last week was very successful in that it brought our plan for a Worklink Center out to the public, but there has been substantial backlash from people opposed to the RR site
Calls have been going in to the mayor’s office expressing opposition to hiring site in our community,
so we must let the mayor know that there are many people who favor a practical and humane approach to the day labor issue.
Pleas call Mayor Epley at 283-0247 ext. # 222 and/or e-mail him at
mayorsoffice@southamptonvillage.org
e-mail the trustees: Nancy McGann, Bonnie Cannon, Bill Bates and Paul Robinson at
trustees@southamptonvillage.org
Let them know that you support the opening of a Worklink Center in Southampton Village and that since the Mayor has already come out in support of a Worklink Center you would like to see him move forward with a plan and have one opened as soon as possible, say by the end of April. A cold winter is here and we still have weeks to go before the weather starts to warm up. These men are still standing out in inhumane conditions in order to find a job. But along with the warm weather will come the protestors, creating an ugly and unwelcoming entrance to our community, while harassin the men who are simply trying to earn a living
Also, if you are inclined to write a letter to the SH press, their address
is mailbag@southamptonpress.com
Please be sure to include any of the following in your communication and add your own thoughts as well:
A Worklink Center would:
Encourage the reduction of congestion, noise, and traffic generated by business being conducted in parking lots and on roadsideProvide an easily accessible location in which contractors and workers can conduct business
Offer shelter and basic facilities to both contractors and workersTHEN PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD-SEND THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS IN SOUTHAMPTON SO WE CAN LET THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT KNOW WE CARE!!
Foster fair conduct between employers and employees
Residents of Southampton want to see their local government take a thoughtful and visionary approach to the issue.
We believe that the establishment of a formal hiring site is the most tenable, practical, and ethical answer to the question of “What can be done?”
We have a moral imperative to help other human beings.
Thank you!
Sr. Margaret Smyth, Co-Chair
Dianne Rulnick, Co-Chair
Coalition for a Worklink Center
