"I am an NUHW volunteer organizing homecare workers in San Francisco. On Tuesday Feb 24, I went to a training for homecare workers with a member to gather signatures for a NUHW petition.
As we exited the elevator, a scab member who recognized us said we were not allowed to be there and we needed to leave. We ignored her and stationed ourselves near the door where members where entering. As we collected signatures and dues deauthorization forms, homecare staff scab Clarissa approached us with a beefy white rent-a-cop who reeked of the International. He told us we were not allowed to be in the building and that we needed to leave. I said we would be happy to speak with the Executive Director or building manager but we would not be leaving. He then said Clarissa was the person in charge of the building and that if we didn't leave he would call the cops. We told him that was fine. By this time five members had signed our petition.
A few minutes later the Executive Director came out of her office to see what was happening. The Executive Director lady asked International Fake Cop who he was and what right or authority he had to call the police on us. He said he was there because we were being disruptive and indicated again that Clarissa was his partner in this effort. This was about the time two SFPD arrived on the scene.
The Executive Director lady then ripped into the rent-a-cop and Clarissa in front of the police and us. She said they had no right to determine who was allowed to be in the building or to stop us from doing the work of the union. She said this was a place where people had historically gathered for gathering signatures/petitions and for all she knew, we were there getting signatures for Obama. At this point the International Fake Security Man back peddled a bit. He said he didn't know what the story was and he had just been hired for 4 days to do security. After a few more minutes of the Executive Director disagreeing with the actions of the UHW scab staff and rent-a-cop, it was decided we would just leave for the day. Juan Antonio and I were happy to follow this request. We thanked the ED lady and cops and left. While we gathered our things outside and prepared to leave, we watched Clarissa and Fake Security man walk one block down the street and back into the UHW office on Mission."
