[imc-st.louis] Autoworkers and the 30 Hour Work Week

[Don Fitz]

May Day Celebration

DINNER: Autoworkers and the 30 Hour Work Week

WHEN: 6 pm, Sunday, May 3, 2009

WHERE: Black Bear Bakery, 2639 Cherokee (Historic Vandora Theater Bldg)

PRICE: $10

* Don Fitz, Green Party of St. Louis

* Dennis Gallie, United Auto Workers, Local 249

* Alex Buford, United Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 688

* Tim Kaminski, United Auto Workers, Local 110

As the world plunges into financial chaos and the US tries to pretend 
that it is not in a depression, the auto industry goes to Washington 
demanding billions in bailouts. Politicians insist that autoworkers must 
give up everything the union has gained since the 1930s.

Could major problems of unemployment in a downsized economy be solved 
with a 30 hour workweek?

Why should some people be forced to work exhaustive hours so that their 
neighbors can be jobless, their children can suffer toxic poisoning, 
their grandchildren can be fried by global warming, and “the market” can 
wallow in a cesspool of useless junk?

Celebrate International Workers Day by looking at how labor can join 
with environmentalists and social justice activists to redesign the economy.

If you can bring a salad or vegetable dish to donate to the dinner, call 
314-727-8554.

This is a vegetarian fundraising dinner for the Gateway Green Alliance. 
For more information visit:

www.gateway-greens.org