Red Shirt Wednesdays

We wear non-corporate branded red shirts on Wednesdays as a sign of union solidarity. When a sea of red shirts greets management, it’s a way to let them know that we stand together. This tradition goes back to 1989 with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) who began wearing red to commemorate the death of Gerry Horgan. 

Horgan was a CWA chief steward for Westchester County in New York who died of head injuries after being struck by a speeding car while on a picket line. That vehicle was driven by a scab, the daughter of a manager. She was never charged for his death.