By Doug Cunningham

[Rev. C.J. Hawking 1]: “This is the moment for Miami, for the south, for immigrant workers to stand up and be counted and get out of the apartheid system that we seem to have adopted, especially in Miami. This is the beginning of a social movement. It’s a very, very exciting time and people are drawing a line in the sand here.”

The Reverend C.J. Hawking of the South Florida Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice. As janitors at the University of Miami continue their struggle to have their union recognized through a card check, the university
Administration is cracking down on students and others on campus who support the workers. Reverend Hawking says the faith community is an important pillar of support for the justice these workers seek in organizing.

[Rev. Hawking 2] : “Certainly in our heritage in this country in the Judeo-Christian tradition workers rights begin with Moses and the slaves wanting their freedom and Moses becoming the first labor organizer.”