UAW 551 to Host a National Workers Conference - next Labor Beat on CAN TV 19, starts Aug. 17


UAW 551 to Host a National Workers Conference

Chicago - CAN TV Channel 19
Thursday, August 17, 9:30 pm
Friday, August 18, 4:30 pm
Thursday, August 24, 9:30 pm
Friday, August 25, 4:30 pm

UAW 551 (the automobile workers local at the big Ford plant on Chicago’s south side) announces that it will be hosting on October 6-8, 2017 a national workers conference that will be addressing a range of challenges and opportunities being faced by workers. Scott Houldieson, Vice President of the local, leads a discussion and planning session. Area union activists provide some testimonies: Erek Slater, bus drive / executive board member ATU Local 241; Devon Warren, member UAW 551; Brother Joe, retired IBT 705 member; Darius Shannon, member UAW 551; Miles Warren, Jr., UAW 551 member; and Kenneth Franklin, President-B.A. of ATU Local 308. For info: Scott Houldieson / (219) 801-2002 / [email protected]. Can also be viewed at: https://youtu.be/-IZp2QkZRiE

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The planning meeting at UAW 551 hall for the October workers conference. Photo: Labor Beat

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