All out for Woodlawn cemetery workers Feb. 21

Managers and directors of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, N.Y., are getting the idea that the Woodlawn workers are not alone. It might be because their phone lines have been clogged by calls to sign a contract and stop threatening to lay off two-thirds of the work force and cut pay by 35 percent to 40 percent. Or it could be from watching a “Band of Sisters,” who came to the cemetery to honor famous suffragists buried there, and then unfurled their sashes in solidarity with the Woodlawn workers. Or maybe it was plot holders calling for them to cancel their proxy vote and saying they felt concerned about all the negative media coverage of management’s abusive practices.

A major solidarity rally is planned for Presidents’ Day, Feb. 21, at Woodlawn Cemetery, 233rd Street and Webster Avenue in the Bronx. The South Bronx Community Congress initiated the solidarity rally, together with the Million Worker March Movement, the Bail Out the People Movement, the Freedom Party and the Teamsters Joint Council. For more information contact Ramon Jimenez at 917-517-1320, or send an e-mail to [email protected].