Labor & Community vs Police Brutality 10/3 NYC id MAA16399; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:34:06 -0400 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source: "National Peoples Campaign" National Peoples Campaign 39 West 14th St., Room 206 New York, NY 10011 212-633-6646 212-633-2889 fax npcny@peoplescampaign.org www.peoplescampaign.org Inspired by the Teamsters' UPS victory Outraged by the attack on our brother Abner Louima Labor and community speak out against police brutality Friday, October 3 7:00 p.m. 1199 Martin Luther King Labor Center 310 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, NYC Speakers include: Larry Adams, President, Local 300 Mailhandlers Union Jim Butler, President, Local 420, AFSCME Jose Guzman, Organizer, Local 100 HERE Chris Silvera, Secretary/Treasurer, Local 808, IBT Trudy Rudnick, President, Local 3882, AFT Ira Williams, Vice President, Local 371, AFSCME Larry Holmes, Co-Founder, Workfairness Estela Vasquez, Community/Labor Activist Ben Dupuy, Co-Director, Haiti Progres newspaper Representative, Parents Against Police Brutality * The heinous police assault on brother Abner Louima inside the 70 Precinct in not an isolated incident. It is only the latest example of criminal and systematic police brutality. What can labor and community activists do to strengthen the solidarity between the labor movement and the communities that are hardest hit by racism and police brutality? Some unions made their presence felt at the demonstrations demanding justice for Mr. Louima, but clearly more could and should be done by labor. * What are the connections between police brutality, low wages, union busting, the fight for jobs and labors campaign to organize the unorganized? * Join us and look for further nationally coordinated actions this fall. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrc-09.24.97-12:34:12-25299