People Not Profits Fop
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Socialist Action/Carol McAllister told the Examiner reporter that "normally, peace and environmental groups had to get together and beg unions to come aboard. This time, they picked it up and took the leadership."
This important union involvement was clearly recognized as a major achievement of the San Francisco action.
At the April 20 rally itself, Mario 'Savio, leader of the 1964 Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, received thunderous applause when he began his speech by saying, "It's very encouraging to see so much support from organized labor. Without organized labor we can't win. With organized labor we will prevail."
Other speakers at the rally included Jimmy Herman, international president of the ILWU; Felix Kurry, a leader of the Salvadoran trade union movement; Pedro Noguera, president of the student body at U.C. Berkeley; Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.); and Dolores Huerta, vice president of the United Farm Workers.hoped when she spoke at a recent coalition fundraiser featuring actor Ed Asner SEATTLE—A high-spirited grouping of antiwar activists, anti-apartheid protesters, and labor-union members joined a march and rally of over 5000 people here on April 20. Young and old alike participated. High-school students came with their home-made signs, and Grey Panthers were mobilized from all over western Washington State and northern Oregon.
About 30 mechanics and baggage handlers who are on strike at Alaska Airlines led the march through downtown Seattle. The strikers were followed at the front of the march by a large conprotest actions in support of the four themes of the Spring Mobilization.
tingent of trade unions endorsed the April 20 action.
"Unions are beginning to recognize the importance of social issues as they try to fight for a decent job for every man and woman in this country,' Rita Shaw told the rally in front of the federal courthouse, as she pointed to the many union banners in the crowd. Shaw is one of the co-chairs of Northwest Action for Peace, Jobs, and Justice, which organized the April 20 event.
Speakers at the rally were introduced 2202 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, who represented the Alaska Airlines strikers; Maryamu Eltayeb, a co-chair of Northwest Action and a member of the Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid; and David Bloom, associate director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle.
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Seattle labor leads march