Union Members Get Busy!
At the February 15 membership meeting, Committeeman
Pete Jimenez thanked the many Local 848 members who had pitched in to help the
family bereaved by the death of Brother Darin Sutton. Jimenez especially
thanked the stewards of Zone 3 at Vought for selling raffle tickets on Sutton's
tools. Jimenez counted $541 in cash after the meeting.
See photo below.
On February 28, Local 848’s Civil Rights Committee
honored Black History Month with an evening of music and discussion. This is
the second year for the event, and it continues to improve. The group had
dinner and a professional band.
Even while early voting for the primary elections
was running, North Texas unionists were being asked to join in a large number
of hard-hitting public events. A rally for health care was scheduled for March
4 from 11:30 to noon at One Bell Plaza in downtown Dallas. The address is 202
Akard.
That same afternoon
at 3, UAW Local 129 sought help with a picket line at Alliance Airport. Start
at 3:30 PM at 125 Intermodal. The next
day, March 5, the UNITE! union asked people to rally at UT Southwestern, Zale
Lipshy, next to Parkland Hospital at 5303 Harry Hines Boulevard. They begin at
4 PM to protest the use of sweatshop labor in laundries where management is
trying to keep the union out.
On
March 6 at 10 AM, “United Voices for Immigrants” will meet at 2639 Walnut Hill
Lane #203 to plan out ways to get more Latinos
to vote. March 12 is the tentative date for the second organizational meeting
for the National Interreligious Committee for Worker Justice. On March 13, a barbecue
at our hall for union-endorsed candidates is being planned by members.
Please
see your steward or click
here to see about getting more involved in the many battles for
justice for America’s wage earners.
Melanie Davis watches Pete Jimenez count
Out the contributions