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Date: Sat Jun 01 2002 - 10:03:28 EDT
The challenge facing labor: Meetings at Socialism 2002
June 13-16, Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago
www.socialism2002.org
ORGANIZING THE SOUTH -- Saturday, June 15, 2:30 pm
WITH Donna DeWitt, South Carolina AFL-CIO -- Leonard Riley, ILA Local 1422,
Charleston Five Defense Campaign -- Wayne Heimbach, Labor Express Radio
THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE UAW -- Sunday, June 16: 10:00 am
WITH Billy Robinson, former president, UAW Local 2036, Henderson, Ky. -- Gene
Austin, shop chair, UAW Local 594, Pontiac, Mich. -- John Martinez, UAW Local
22, Detroit
Other labor meetings at Socialism 2002 include: The Haymarket Martyrs -- the
Rise of the CIO -- the Teamster Rebellion of 1934 -- Eugene Debs, Labor and
Socialism. Visit www.socialism2002.org for details.
Information on featured speakers:
Donna DeWitt is president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO. A longtime activist
in the Communications Workers of America, she is also a leading member of the
Labor Party and the South Carolina Progressive Network. DeWitt played a
central role in the national campaign to defend the Charleston Five and is a
founder of the Campaign for Workers Rights in South Carolina, which opposes
the state¹s anti-union laws and assists union organizing drives. She will
speak on "Organizing the South," Saturday, June 15 at 2:30 pm.
Leonard Riley is a veteran activist in International Longshoremen¹s
Association Local 1422, where he has held executive board positions. He was a
key organizer in the campaign to defend the Charleston Five‹four ILA Local
1422 members and one ILA Local 1771 member who endured 18 months of house
arrest for walking a picket line until an international solidarity campaign
won their freedom. Leonard, who frequently speaks before labor, student and
progressive groups, will join Donna DeWitt on the panel
discussion,"Organizing the South," Saturday, June 15 at 2:30 pm.
Billy Robinson is the former president of United Auto Workers Local 2036 in
Henderson, Ky. After striking against Accuride Corp. and being locked out in
March 1998, Robinson toured the country to win restoration of strike benefits
after the UAW cut them off. Early this year, the UAW eliminated Local 2036
members¹ benefits again and revoked their union charter. Robinson¹s speech,
"Take Our Unions Back," has been widely read by union activists. It is
available at http://hawk.addr.com/uawsc/brspech1.htm. After taking Local
2036¹s case to the UAW Convention in Las Vegas in early June, he will come to
Chicago to speak on "The Fight to Save the UAW," Sunday, June 16 at 10:00 am.
Gene Austin was recently elected shop chair of United Auto Workers Local 594
at the General Motors truck assembly plant in Pontiac, Mich. A 30-year
veteran of General Motors, Austin has served in a variety of UAW positions,
including committeeman and delegate. He has been centrally involved in a
campaign against union corruption in Local 594. Austin is also a former
co-chair of the UAW Solidarity Coalition, which supports the locked-out
workers at Accuride and fights for union democracy and reform. He will be
speaking with Billy Robinson on "The Fight to Save the UAW," Sunday, June 16
at 10:00 am.
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