Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1981. július-december (35. évfolyam, 27-50. szám)
1981-08-27 / 32. szám
AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ Thursday, Aug. 27. 1981. LABOR UHU BE UltfORIOUS ! Ten thousand times has the labour movement stumbled and fallen and bruised itself, and risen again; been seized by the throat and choked into insensibility; enjoined by courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by militia, shot down by regulars, traduced by the press, frowned upon by public opinion, deceived by politicians, threatened by priests, repudiated by renegades, preyed upon by grafters, infested by spies, deserted by cowards, betrayed by traitors, bled by leeches, and sold out by leaders, but, notwithstanding all this, and all these, it is today the most vital potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission of emancipating the workers of the world from the thralldom of the ages is as certain of ultimate realisation as the setting of the sun. Eugene V. Debs On to Washln3ton tor massive Solidarity Day rally United Steelworkers of America President Lloyd McBride has called for maximum union participation in labor’s upcoming Solidarity Day demonstration to spotlight workers’ demands for jobs and justice. The mass labor rally to be held in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 19 is being sponsored by the AFL-CIO and supported by all member international unions and many allied organizations. Tens of thousands are expected to participate in this one-day demonstration, which will protest the Republican Administration’s partiality to the wealthy in new tax and spending policies and its sharp cutbacks in programs that are vital to workers and their families. “It’s urgent,” President McBride said, “that as many Steelworkers as possible gather in Washington as part of the united labor rally. This will demonstrate that President Reagan is mistaken in claiming an election mandate to slash Workers’ Compensation, Trade Readjustment Assistance (TRA) and Supplemental Unemployment Insurance and to undermine OSHA’s safety and health protections,” he said. “Workers, and most Americans, don’t favor the assault on these and other vital measures that threaten their economic security.” President McBride said he hoped to see thousands of Steelworker members, who want to defend labor’s hard-won gains over the decades and to preserve their standard of living, joining the Solidarity Day demonstration in the nation’s capital. The USWA is mounting a major effort this month to generate a large turnout of Steelworkers from the northeastern United States, given their easier accessibility to the Washington, D.C. area. Large contingents of Steelworkers are expected from Districts 4, 7, 8, 9, 15, 19, 20, 23, 27, 28 and 35. Steelworker Solidarity Day coordinators have been appointed by the participating USWA districts. Arrangements are being made through the district offices in cooperation with local unions to organize bus, train and auto caravans of workers to Washington. Steelworkers from other parts of the United States, particularly the Midwest, also are planning to be represented. The Solidarity Day tentative schedule calls for participants assembling on the west slope of the Washington Monument for the rally that will begin at 12:00 noon on Sept. 19. Between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, as the bus and trainloads of workers from various parts of the United States arrive in the capital, the crowd will be entertained by well-known musicians and entertainers, VIP’s and other celebrities will be introduced. LABOR IS SUPERIOR TO CAPITAL Abraham Lincoln Please give this paper to a triend!
