GREENWICH, CT, MAY 11 — Two busloads of over 100 striking Stella D’Oro workers and supporters rallied in front of the headquarters of the private equity firm that owns Stella D’Oro, Brynwood Partners, demanding that the company rescind its plans for drastic cuts in the workers’ wages and benefits. One of the striking workers said, “The owners of Stella D’Oro have their fortunes, their tremendous wealth, their fancy homes and cars. But we have our numbers and our solidarity and our determination to fight and not give up.” Worker after worker spoke of his or her determination to keep on fighting and not accept the company’s demands.

Workers and students told the strikers how their unity — not a single worker has crossed the picket line — and courage has inspired them and how they’re providing a stirring example of how to respond to the attempts to force workers to pay for the economic crisis.

Increasingly, more Stella D’Oro workers are viewing their strike as not just important for them but for the working class. Chants at the rally ranged from “The WORKERS united will never be defeated,” to “Boycott Stella D’Oro,” to “Same Enemy Same Fight, All WORKERS Must Unite.”

The strikers have traveled all over NYC — to union meetings, to campus rallies, to high school classrooms — to spread news about their struggle and what it means for everyone today.

On the two busses every worker received CHALLENGE and read it, particularly the articles that featured their fellow strikers attending PL events.