Defend the Freightliner 5

DEFEND THE FREIGHTLINER 5!

SOLIDARITY TOUR

THE FREIGHTLINER 5—Robert Whiteside, Allen Bradley, Franklin Torrence, Glenna Swinford and David Crisco—are members of the negotiating committee of United Auto Workers Local 3520 in Cleveland, NC. They were fired by Freightliner in April 2007 after leading a walkout when management broke off negotiations without extending the union contract.

Since then, the workers have been appealing for support to keep up the fight as an arbitrator prepares to hear their case. Their speaking tour has included stops in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, L.A. and Portland (Freightliner’s corporate headquarters). The importance of a victory in this struggle is magnified due to the historic weakness of the U.S. labor movement in the South. Join us in the spirit of solidarity with these dedicated and heroic trade unionists as they seek justice. Help raise money for their defense campaign and find out how you can help win their jobs back! Learn more at http://justice4five.com

Saturday

March 29th 5pm

Musicians Local 802 Hall

322 West 48th Street

Take the 1 or C/E train to 50th Street

Robert Whiteside

Union official and strike leader, UAW Local

3520 and NAACP activist.

Allen Bradley

UAW’s Voluntary Organizing Committee (VOC),

strike leader, UAW local 3520 and NAACP.

Stanley Aronowitz

Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center

of the City University of New York. Author

of several books on labor and the economy.

Member of PSC, AFT Local 2334.

Sponsored by the Ad-Hoc Committee to Support the Freightliner 5

For information or to endorse, contact: 917-969-5658 or deepa_k276@yahoo.com

Endorsed by: Chris Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters local 808; Labor Notes; AAUP-AFT (Rutgers); UFTers to Stop the War; New York City Labor Against the War

On the web at http://www.justice4five.com/