In Memory of Gregory Brooks
Died: September 5, 2005
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The Canners Campaign attempts at bringing hundreds of homeless, immigrant people of color into the struggle for economic and social justice. We are organizing in order to emerge from invisibility as workers by building our membership base and networking with new allies.
Our current marginalization allows violations of our rights by stores and police to go unchecked.
Developing our voice and power as a workforce will increase Canners' incomes as we ensure that the Bottle Bill will be enforced - we estimate that the income could easily increase by 40% once the law is enforced. The Department of Environmental Conservation and the NYS Attorney General showed willingness to investigate our complaints and take steps to enforce/restore the NYS Bottle Bill.
We are supporting the Bigger Better Bottle Bill campaign because the inclusion of non-carbonated drinks for deposit would increase the amount of recyclables by more than 20%. A Bigger Better Bottle Bill would also improve our working conditions by facilitating the establishment of additional redemption centers. Redemption Centers usually allow canners to redeem any amount and virtually any kind of containers.
The Bigger Better Bottle Bill campaign advocates for an expansion of the current bottle bill by including other beverage containers into the deposit system as well as using money from unclaimed deposits in NYS to fund recycling programs such as redemption centers. However, we had to censure the Bigger Better Bottle Bill as it was introduced in the past legislative session. Click here for our position paper from February, 2005.
Our current marginalization allows violations of our rights by stores and police to go unchecked.
Developing our voice and power as a workforce will increase Canners' incomes as we ensure that the Bottle Bill will be enforced - we estimate that the income could easily increase by 40% once the law is enforced. The Department of Environmental Conservation and the NYS Attorney General showed willingness to investigate our complaints and take steps to enforce/restore the NYS Bottle Bill.
We are supporting the Bigger Better Bottle Bill campaign because the inclusion of non-carbonated drinks for deposit would increase the amount of recyclables by more than 20%. A Bigger Better Bottle Bill would also improve our working conditions by facilitating the establishment of additional redemption centers. Redemption Centers usually allow canners to redeem any amount and virtually any kind of containers.
The Bigger Better Bottle Bill campaign advocates for an expansion of the current bottle bill by including other beverage containers into the deposit system as well as using money from unclaimed deposits in NYS to fund recycling programs such as redemption centers. However, we had to censure the Bigger Better Bottle Bill as it was introduced in the past legislative session. Click here for our position paper from February, 2005.
( categories: Economic Justice/Canners )