Tavis Smiley stops in Joliet to meet with warehouse workers

Aurora Beacon News
By Brian Stanley

JOLIET — National public radio hosts Tavis Smiley and Cornel West make their living by talking.

On Sunday they listened to local warehouse workers talk about trying to make a living.

On the second day of a cross-country bus tour to promote a public focus on poverty, “Smiley & West” stopped at Sacred Heart Church to meet with about 60 members of the Warehouse Workers For Justice.

The group organized in 2008 to improve conditions and educate workers at the 300 warehouses in Will County.

“Any legal job is important, but warehouse workers are paid the least and disrespected,” organizer Cindy Marble said. “Everything you touch has gone through the hands of a warehouse worker. Without us you’d have a bunch of empty shelves for everybody.”

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