Sen. Kamala Harris stands with Downtown Detroit Security Workers to unionize

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Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris stood Wednesday with Bedrock security officers in Hart Plaza demanding union rights in a "city that was built by workers."

The non-union officers are contracted through SecurAmerica and work to protect downtown Detroit’s Bedrock properties including One Campus Martius, One Woodward and First National.

Harris, a U.S. senator from California, headlined an event organized by the Service Employees International Union along Unite Here that brought local janitors, casino worker and other elected officials under the arch sculpture, the Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark. They called for a security officer's union and affordable health care.

"Let us allow these workers to unionize, let them collectively bargain," Harris said. "... I stand in solidarity with those representing the voice of working people of America and America must stand with you."

"Workers should never be made to fight for their case alone against such powerful interest. They should be able to organize and stand together collectively as a collective talking about their shared experience and their need to work in a safe work space."

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/24/kamala-harris/1805831001/

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