http://www.laborradio.org/node/4876"Music of Solidarity" Caravans Headed To Indiana To Support Conn-Selmer Strikers - 12/15/06
By Doug Cunningham
Activists from several unions are packing caravans with support for 231 striking UAW workers at Conn-Selmer’s musical instruments plant in Elkhart, Indiana. Steve Zeltzer of the Operating Engineers in San Francisco is helping with the caravans.
: “People are bringing food, they're bringing toys, solidarity statements - from St. Louis, from Peoria, Illinois, from Chicago, from Detroit, from Decatur, Illinois."
UAW Local 364 has been on strike for eight months in a fight to defend their pensions and their health care while resisting outsourcing to China.
: “These people who run these companies are all working together
against labor, against workers to defeat their unions. It's not just Elkhart, it's Detroit, it's San Francisco - it's in many places. So we have to wake on this holiday season, all workers, and build a united fight to defend our lives."
To support the Conn-Selmer UAW workers in Indiana, you can go to the web at www.soldiersofsolidarity.com for information on how you can help with this Make Music With Solidarity Caravan December 16th.
AUDIO story: http://www.laborradio.org/files/lo/winsheadlines.ram
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