[Peace] Chicago Peace Rally, March 16th

[Robert P. Kolb]

To:  Local 73 Members at UIC

From: Joe Iosbaker, Chief Steward

Join the Local 73 contingent at the rally and march this Sunday in Daley

Plaza at 2:00 p.m.

Here is the information again.  Please plan to attend.

Join Chicagos civic, labor and religious leaders, your friends = and
neighbors, and millions around the world in saying . . .

There are other ways to resolve this conflict
NO WAR ON IRAQ!

. . . say YES to spending for the needs of America=92s working =
families,
for jobs, education, housing, and health care, instead of bombs and =
destruction.

BE THERE
for the Midwests largest peace rally yet

SUNDAY, MARCH 16
2:00PM

Daley Center Plaza, Chicago
Washington & Dearborn

For more information:

Phone: 312-738-6209  Email: March16rally at aol.com
http://www.teamsterslocal705.org
http://www.noiraqwar-chicago.org  http://www.peacechicago.org

WHO SAYS NO TO THIS WAR?

Pope John Paul II, Francis Cardinal George of Chicago Catholic
Archdiocese, The Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan  Chicago,
Rabbi Ira Youdovin of Chicago Board of Rabbis, Rev. Jeremiah Wright,
Pastor
of Trinity United Church of Christ.

The AFL-CIO, representing millions of American workers, and the Chicago
Federation of Labor.

Senator Dick Durbin & Representatives Danny Davis, Louis Gutierrez,
Jesse
Jackson, Jr., Bill Lipinski, Bobby Rush and Jan Schakowsky, the Chicago
City Council (by a vote of 46 to 1 of Chicago Aldermen), along with ca.
150
other U.S. municipalities.

Thousands of High School and College Students who demand, Books,  Not
Bombs.

The National Gulf War Resources Center (largest Gulf War Veterans
organization in the country; anti-war does not mean anti-soldier),
General
Norman Schwartzkopf.

September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrow (organization of families
of 9-11 victims).

A majority of our fellow Americans, and citizens all over the world.

WHAT DOES THIS WAR MEAN TO US?

Erosion of our civil liberties, including the right to organize, and
attacks on immigrants dishonor the promise of freedom countless working
Americans fought and died for.

Our neighborhoods, cities and states are going broke, unemployment,
layoffs, and lack of health insurance are on the rise, corporate
corruption
is rampant and the administration is giving massive tax breaks to the
rich.
Schools, hospitals, housing & Social Security will lose billions of
dollars
to pay for this war.

The sons and daughters of working class families who serve in the
military, together with Iraqi civilians, will be the principal victims
of a
war.

Retaliatory terrorist acts are likely to increase because of a military
attack on Iraq (so say U.S. General Anthony C. Zinni and Desert Storm
Iraq
Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson), and there is no convincing link between
Iraq
and Al Qaeda (so says George Tenet, CIA Director).

Sponsors and Endorsers
(Individuals affiliation listed for identification only)

Tom Balanoff (SEIU Local 1)  Henry Bayer (AFSCME)  Joe Davis  (USWA
Local 5544)  Elwood Flowers (AFL-CIO Illinois)  Katie Jordan (CLUW
Chicago)
Julio Lara (Teamsters Local 738)  Jesse M. Rios (Council for  Latin
American Advancement)  Edward E. Sadlowski (USWA District 31)  Lynn
Talbott (UNITE Chicago & Central States Joint Board)  Gerald Zero
(Teamsters Local 705)  Chicagoans Against War on Iraq  Committee for New

Priorities  Jobs With Justice  Metro Seniors In Action  United for
Peace: Faithful Citizenship  Chicago Metropolitan Association,  United
Church of Christ  Church World Service  Community Renewal  Society
Council of Islamic Organizations  Eighth Day Center   Episcopal Diocese
of
Chicago Peace and Justice Commission  Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ Leadership
Conference
of Women Religious  Muslim Community Center  North Suburban Peace
Initiative United Methodist Church, Northern Illinois  Conference  Pax
Cristi  Peace and Justice Office of the Roman Catholic  Archdiocese
Presbytery of Chicago  TIKKUN-Chicago  List in formation . . .

FYI (from Tim Yaeger)-

Rally buses should discharge their passengers where the passengers can
step
out
onto a sidewalk, not into the street.  At Daley Plaza, passengers may
disembark on the north side of Randolph Street, across from Daley
Center,
and also at the James Thompson State of Illinois Building, either on the

north side of Randolph Street or on the west side of Clark Street, at
the
corner of Clark and Randolph.  They might also be able to disembark in
front
of the City/County Building on Clark Street across from Daley Plaza,
however, it is possible that building staff may ask them to move.

Buses may park at 631 W. Kinzie, or also on Franklin Street between
Congress
and Van Buren.

For Buses that wish to retrieve passengers after the march to Tribune
Plaza,
the police say that they should pick up their people on North Water
street,
next to the NBC Tower.  Marchers can simply walk through Tribune Plaza
toward the NBC Tower to get on their buses.

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