On January 25th, 2012, SEIU ULTCW members joined with over 500 union members and community activists in Hollywood to protest corporate tax dodging. The action today targeted FedEx, which made over $4 billion in profit last year but paid just 1% of that income in taxes.The group of protesters sent a direct message to FedEx: Fair Taxes Deliver Good Jobs and Quality Care, tax dodging puts the economic burden on the back of working families; many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet.
“It just doesn’t add up for working families,” said Muriel Carr, an in-home caregiver and member of SEIU ULTCW in Pasadena. “If wealthy corporations like FedEx paid their share in taxes, then maybe Los Angeles county could afford to pay home care workers a living wage.”
Muriel was joined by over 200 SEIU ULTCW members, SEIU members from sister locals’, members of the Teamsters union, and activists from Good Jobs LA.
Check out the news coverage and video from the event:
