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DESCRIPTION:Five fired union leaders of the UAW Cleveland, North Carolina Freightliner 
 truck\nplant are fighting to get their jobs back. This integrated union 
 leadership was standing\nup for decent health and safety conditions and 
 benefits.\nThis meeting is also inviting other workers in struggle to 
 participate and speak\nabout their struggle.\n\n"Freightliner Five" 
 Solidarity Tour\nSolidarity Rally For UAW 3520  "Freightliner Five" Fired 
 Workers\n\nIn April 2007, UAW 3520 workers at the Cleveland, North Carolina 
 Freightliner truck plant went on strike over health and safety and other 
 conditions and benefits. In retaliation, the Daimler Benz owned company 
 fired 5 strike leaders. They are known as the Freightliner Five and have 
 been fighting for their jobs back for nearly a year. This struggle is not 
 just about the Freightliner workers but union organizing throughout the 
 South.\nIf Freightliner can get away with this illegal firing, other 
 workers will think twice about joining a union. Allen Bradley and Franklin 
 Torrence, two of the Freightliner fired workers will be speaking about 
 their struggle at this meeting and will also be meeting with other workers 
 in Northern California.\n\nSaturday, Feb 23, 2008 3:00 PM \nAt: ILWU Local 
 34  \n801-2nd St., at Embarcadero next to the ballpark, San 
 Francisco\n\nInitial Speakers For Meeting:\nJack Heyman, Executive Board 
 ILWU Local 10*\nJack Rasmus, President UAW 1982 BA Chapter*\nGloria La 
 Riva, Pres. NC MWU-CWA 39521* \n(* for identification only)\n\nPlease come 
 to this support meeting and learn directly about their struggle\nThis 
 effort has been recently endorsed by Ken Riley, president of ILA 1422 in 
 Charleston, South Carolina, Donna Dewitt, president of the South Carolina 
 AFL-CIO, Labor Video Project, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, Labor 
 Action Coalition, Facts For Working People, Cynthia McKinney, former 
 congress woman, ISO, Joseph Prisco, president of AMFA Local 9* (* for 
 identification only)\n\nTo support these fired workers, you can also send 
 checks payable to: \nJustice 4 Five Solidarity Fund, P.O. Box 5144, 
 Statesville, N.C. 28687.  \nhttp://www.justice4five.com/ \n\nN. California 
 Freightliner Five Support Committee\nFor information and if you would like 
 your union or organization to endorse call: (415)282-1908\n\n 
 http://www.laborradio.org/node/7811\nSouth Carolina AFL-CIO President Urges 
 Labor Movement Support For Freightliner 5 - 01/30/08\n\nBy Doug 
 Cunningham\n\nFive UAW Local 3520 bargaining committee members fired by 
 Freightliner in April of 2007, after a one-day strike are getting some 
 support now from the labor movement. The UAW International isn’t 
 supporting the workers' efforts to get their jobs back because the one-day 
 strike was authorized only by the local and not by the International UAW. 
 South Carolina AFL-CIO President, Donna Dewitt supports these five UAW 
 bargaining committee members fired by Freightliner and she says they 
 deserve some solidarity from the entire labor movement.\n\n[Dewitt]: "They 
 weren’t happy with the contract offer, and they were standing up for 
 their rights. And I don’t know exactly what happened with UAW, but all I 
 know is that there are five UAW members and officers of a local that have 
 been out of work now going on ten months. So I would appeal to everyone to 
 reach out to help raise funds for these folks and their efforts to be 
 rehired. They need their jobs back."\n\nThe fired UAW Freightliner workers 
 are visiting several cities, including Detroit, Chicago, and San 
 Francisco,to tell their story and get support. To support these workers, 
 you can go to www.justice4five.com to donate money to the Justice 4 Five 
 Solidarity Fund.\nPosted 01/29/2008 -  \n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/31/18476063.php
SUMMARY:2/23 SF Solidarity Rally For "Freightliner Five"
LOCATION:At: ILWU Local 34  \n801-2nd St., at Embarcadero next to the ballpark, San 
 Francisco\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/31/18476063.php
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