[Peace-discuss] FW: Workplace-based anti-war activities, Wed, March 12

[Marianne Brun]

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Betreff: Workplace-based anti-war activities, Wed, March 12

(Statement by US Labor Against War)

Dear Union Sisters and Brothers Opposed to the War on Iraq:

The Bush administration is threatening to launch a war
on Iraq by mid-March despite massive domestic and
international opposition. U.S. Labor Against the War
(USLAW) is calling on all unions and trade unionists who
are opposed to this war to engage in workplace-based
anti-war activities on Wednesday, March 12, as a way of
heightening awareness among union members to the dangers
of this war and mobilizing members to participate in the
next national day of protest against the war scheduled
for Saturday, March 15. We want to translate the
excellent resolutions that unions and Central Labor
Councils have adopted into a commitment to take labor's
anti-war message into the workplace and enlist the
support of the members. Because the possible outbreak of
war is so near, we are encouraging unions to commit
staff time and resources toward this effort. Worksite
anti-war activities on March 12 could include workplace
leafleting, the wearing of buttons, distribution of
bumper stickers, lunch-time meetings and discussions,
and meetings at union halls.

The USLAW web site (www.uslaboragainstwar.org) will
carry leaflets that you can download and print for
distribution (you should feel free to customize it for
your area if you choose to). The web site will also have
stickers, bumper stickers and button designs that you
can either order from USLAW or download and print
yourself. Distribute these widely within your union,
particularly to leadership, staff, stewards and
activists. To go directly to this page, visit:

http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/toolbox.php?singleItemFlag=1&tool_id=66

Please check the web site often -- all of this activity
is developing very quickly in response to the unfolding
political situation, and new materials will be posted on
the web site daily.

As soon as you have something planned for one or more
worksites in your area, please let us know about it by
sending an e-mail to info at uslaboragainstwar.org.

We are also requesting your help in getting media
coverage of this national day of action by labor against
the war. Because this war is so controversial, and
because your local activity will be part of a national
day of action, the local media may very well find it
newsworthy. We will soon send out a draft press release
that you can customize to suit the particular activity
that you plan for your area.

Please send us the contact information you have for your
local news media, and don't forget to send us copies of
your final press release and any news articles that
report on your local actions on March 12. Send as much
as you can by e-mail to the USLAW web address. Whatever
needs to be snail-mailed should be sent to USLAW c/o Amy
Newell 745 Green Valley Road, Watsonville, CA 95076.

U.S. Labor Against the War was founded on Jan. 11 in
Chicago at a national conference of unions opposed to a
war on Iraq. So far, more than 200 labor bodies
representing 5 million workers have adopted resolutions
opposing this war and the number grows daily.
Internationally, labor federations, unions and union
leaders representing 130 million workers around the
world have signed on to a USLAW-initiated International
Labor Declaration Against the War on Iraq. This call for
a national day of labor action against the war on March
12 is an effort to turn resolutions into action. PLEASE
JOIN IN!

In Peace & Solidarity -- U.S. Labor Against the War

BUTTONS & STICKERS:
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/toolbox.php?singleItemFlag=1&tool_id=66

BUMPER STICKERS: 
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/toolbox.php?tool_id=61&singleItemFlag=1

PRESS RELEASE: 
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/toolbox.php?singleItemFlag=1&tool_id=72

CALL TO ACTION: 
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/images/CallToAction.Mar12.pdf



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