South Carolina AFL-CIO President Urges Labor Movement Support For Freightliner 5

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South Carolina AFL-CIO President Urges Labor Movement Support For Freightliner 5

http://www.laborradio.org/node/7811

By Doug Cunningham

Five UAW Local 3520 bargaining committee members fired by Freightliner in April after a one-day strike are getting some support 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.

: �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.�

The 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.

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