Rally, June 14th: Women Workers Launch National Boycott of Reynolds Group Holdings To End Mandatory Overtime
For years, Wan Zhen Huang worked at the factory in Kearney, making plastic containers for Pactiv Corporation, a subsidiary of Reynolds. She and 100 other workers, mostly women, slaved at their machines in sweltering conditions for twelve hour shifts unable to even use the bathroom. Many workers spoke up and started to unionize. The … Read more
Students Plan Reynolds Protest Dec. 8, Call for End to Mandatory Overtime
Reynolds Group is truly shameless. This year they are shutting down their Chippewa Falls (WI) Pactiv plant and they barely even bothered to notify the 170 union workers employed there. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, they have been using the pretext of storm damage to shut down their New Jersey plant, where workers have … Read more
Jun 18 Letter to our Friends
The Ain’t I a Woman!? Campaign is happy to announce the successful launch of the national Reynolds Boycott on June 14, 2012. Over 150 working people, their friends, family, and members of the community gathered in front of the Pactiv Corporation plastics factory in Kearny, NJ, to denounce the company’s sweatshop practices, and to announce a … Read more
The Jersey Journal Article from the June 14 Rally
Ex-workers who say Kearny “sweatshop” fired them for trying to unionize call for boycott of all Reynolds products Published: Friday, June 15, 2012, 3:02 AM By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal Pactiv workers and their families joined by workers from different industries hold a rally at the Kearny factory on … Read more
Boycott Reynolds and Pactiv!
Boycott Reynolds and Pactiv Press Conference and Rally
Kearny, NJ / June 14, 2012
June 14, 2012: National Boycott on Reynolds!
Pactiv workers, both those who were laid off and those who are still working in the factory, will launch the nation-wide Boycott Reynolds Campaign! On June 14, workers, their friends, and families will hold a rally in front of Pactiv Corporation’s Kearney NJ plastics factory to expose the sweatshop conditions promoted by Reynolds Groups holdings. … Read more
