![]() The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Last year, Netflix made Night Teeth – in which LA limo drivers were secret vampire slayers combatting a plan by an immortal fiend to take over the city. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. That's my job for right now.Ĭopyright © 2005 NPR. And I go back to work tonight at 11, report for duty. JONES: After this, I'm going to head to the house. JONES: It makes me feel important because I am-me, myself-I'm going in as a security worker, as one of the people, and I'm really getting my point across, but then it makes me feel disappointed at the same time because it's, like, `It has to come to this, that I have to go inside and talk to these people?' I have mixed emotions.ĬHIDEYA: And so what happens after this? Do you go back to work tonight at 11? JONES: Yeah, I think they were avoiding me, because a couple of doors were closed.ĬHIDEYA: So you went in there with a minister and a group of other organizers.ĬHIDEYA: How did it make you feel to go into those offices at this huge corporate headquarters? But I never heard of nothing like that before, because somebody else has to be in there.ĬHIDEYA: Do you think they were avoiding you? JONES: Went I inside the building with the delegation, gave the letter to the secretary, it was kind of odd because she said she was the only person in the building today at this moment. Here's how William described what happened. Unidentified Man #2: And what do we want?ĬHIDEYA: Towards the end of the rally, William and other protesters entered the building to speak with Maguire management. I just find it so ironic that in this age of terrorism, with the billions of dollars that are being spent to keep our nation safe, we don't have the stability, we don't have the training, we don't have the type of enforcement that we could have with a good SEIU-led labor force. I want to welcome you all to the city of Glendale. FRANK QUINTERO (Glendale City Councilman): Thank you. Glendale City Councilman Frank Quintero took the microphone. Union guards who work both night and day.ĬHIDEYA: In front of a tall glass office building, organizers gathered with clergy and public officials, all under the gaze of local police. Unidentified Man #1: (Singing) 24-7 we're on the job, the first line of defense across the nation, the jubilation. Maguire Properties did not respond to repeated requests for an interview over the telephone or at their headquarters. SEIU organizers argue that Maguire refuses to use unionized guards at its properties, and that, in turn, the agencies that provide guards to companies like Maguire refuse to allow union organizing. At times it (unintelligible).ĬHIDEYA: In a nearby room, other union members and some of the security guards hoping to unionize prepared for the march.ĬHIDEYA: After a short bus ride, they arrived at the offices of Maguire Properties. JONES: (Singing) And Jesus is my portion. I'll play some stuff for you when we finish.ĬHIDEYA: There happened to be a piano in the union's break room, and though it was battered and out of tune, William sang us a spiritual. JONES: At 20, I'm thinking I'm really I college, playing basketball and doing music, but I really didn't-I procrastinated, like, way too much. You got to work for what you really want.ĬHIDEYA: What did you think you would be doing at this age? Like, if you want something, you're gonna fight for it. Being afraid's not gonna get you nowhere. I'm trying to make money for me, as well as her, and, like, right now I can't even afford benefits from the company.ĬHIDEYA: Are you confident things are going to change? Are you afraid? What-How are you feeling? It's starting to take a toll on me because I'm not really used to it. Two weeks ago, we met one young man as he prepared to picket a California building management company. They argue that building owners and security companies are preventing workers from organizing. Organizers from the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, say that many security guards are black men from poor neighborhoods. That last category is at the center of a major labor dispute. Labor Day is one of America's major holidays, but some workers never get this day off among them: nurses, sanitation crews and security guards. I'm Farai Chideya and this is NEWS & NOTES.
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