AFT Delegates Show Solidarity for Healthcare Workers

The possibilities of thunderstorms didn't stop AFT's delegates from wanting to go to Resurrection Hospital to rally on behalf of the healthcare workers who have been fighting for a fair contract.
Delegates showed their determination, opening their umbrellas and chanting "Let's Go Now!"
The rally continued indoors with AFT president Edward J. McElroy telling the delegates and the hospital workers, "Every story has two sides, but when it comes to your fight, there are no gray areas. You are right and management is wrong!"
AFT vice president Randi Weingarten said, "In New York, we know what it's like to rally in the rain. We stand with Resurrections' workers, patients and community until this struggle is over."
The emotion of the struggle at Resurrection became evident when Emma Escobedo, a hospital housekeeper who was fired for her union activity, took the microphone. Her voice breaking, in tears she struggled to speak. Delegates throughout the hall chanted "Yes You Can!" encouraging her to tell her story.
"Resurrection may have fired me, but they haven't got the best of me," she said. AFT delegates donated more than $7,600 to help Escobedo and her family.
Also speaking at the rally were AFT vice president Marilyn Stewart and Ann Twomey, AFSCME organizing director Tracey Abman, and Resurrection worker Shirley Brown.